Subspecies Falcunculus frontatus leucogaster Gould, 1838

Museums

Regional Maps

• Falcunculus leucogaster Gould, J. 1838. A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London : J. Gould 8 pp., 73 pls. [Pt 3, published Apr. 1838, publication dated as 1837–1838] [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype LFM.
• Falcunculus leucogaster stirlingi Mathews, G.M. 1915. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2: 123-133 [Date published 129] [133].

 

Introduction

Christidis and Boles (2008: 194) recognise only a single species for Australian populations of Falcunculus, hence for the present this taxon is assigned to subspecies status.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Dry sclerophyll forest, mallee (Eucalyptus) woodland, temperate eucalypt.

 

General References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [194]

 

Common Name References

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. (Western Shrike-tit)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2023	AVES	15-May-2023	MOVED
15-May-2023	AVES	15-May-2023	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)