Subspecies Onychoprion anaethetus anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, G.A. 1786. Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae; seu Novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium quas in Insubria austriaca tam spontaneas, quam exoticas vidit, descripsit, et aeri incidi curavit Ionnes Antonius Scopoli. 3 pts. Ticini : Ex Typographia Reg. et Imp. Monasterii S. Salvatoris Vol. 2. [92].
• Sterna novaehollandiae Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIV Pt I 385 pp. pls 1-41. [published late 1826] [161].
• Melanosterna anaethetus rogersi Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 746655 ♀, Admiralty Gulf, Wetsern Australia, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1-306 [34].
• Melanosterna anasthetus Blyth, E. 1846. Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 367-379 [373] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of epithet in Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786, and unavailable].
• Sterna anosthaetus Gray, G.R. 1871. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing those Contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 3 xi 350 pp. [122] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786, and unavailable].
• Sterna anaesthetica Coues, E 1882. The Coues check list of North American birds. Boston : Estes & Lauriat 165 pp. [769] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786, and unavailable].
• Sterna anaestheta Salvin, 1896.
• Onychoprion anaesthetus Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [293] [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of epithet in Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786, and unavailable].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral cay, offshore waters, rock reef, rocky island.

History of changes