Subspecies Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis (Gould, 1879)

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• Chlamydodera nuchalis orientalis Gould, J. 1879. Observations on the Chlamydoderae or Bower-Birds, with description of a new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 74 [Date published 1 Dec 1879] [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.5.1.1774 ♂, Qld: Port Denison (= Bowen).
• Chlamydera nuchalis yorki Mayr, E. & Jennings, K. 1952. Geographic variation and plumages in Australian bowerbirds. American Museum Novitates 1602: 1-18 [14] [named for the collection locality (Cape York Peninsula)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 679231, Qld: Utingu, Cape York.

Generic Combinations

• Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis orientalis (Gould, 1879).
• Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis (Gould, 1879). —
  Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. [636]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP)

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, paperbark woodland, tropical eucalypt, tropical rainforest.

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