Meliornis novaehollandiae campbelli

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scientific name	Meliornis novaehollandiae campbelli
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Based on specimens from Kangaroo Island, A.G. Campbell (1906: 140) named both Meliornis (Lichmera) australasiana subsp. halmaturina , now Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera halmaturina , and Meliornis novaehollandiae halmaturina , now in Phylidonyris , the former name having line precedence over the latter in homonymy. Meliornis novaehollandiae campbelli was provided by Mathews as a replacement name for Meliornis novaehollandiae halmaturina A.G. Campbell, 1906 . Despite the fact that Mathews (1923b: 38) called campbelli a new subspecies, he ( Mathews, 1925a: 22) later made it clear that he intended it as a replacement name: ‘‘As both [of Campbell’s names] are here grouped in the same genus the last named one [ Meliornis novaehollandiae halmaturina ] must be invalid and I have renamed it.’’ As such, it has the same type as Campbell’s original name, a type that is in NMV (W. Longmore, personal commun.). See Schodde and Mason (1999: 312, nomenclatural note).

Campbell, A. G. 1906. Report on the birds of Kangaroo Island: a comparison with mainland forms. Emu 5: 139 - 145.

Mathews, G. M. 1923 b. Additions and corrections to my lists of the birds of Australia. Austral Avian Record 5: 33 - 44.

Mathews, G. M. 1925 a. The birds of Australia. Vol. 12, pts. 1 - 5. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1 - 225, pls. 542 - 570.

Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.