Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews

LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1), pp. 1-287 : 247

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/313.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12778207

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scientific name

Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews
status

 

[ Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews ]

Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews, 1922b: 5 (Tasmania).

Now Petroica phoenicea Gould, 1837 View in CoL . See Mayr, 1986d: 566, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 384.

Mathews (1920a: 103) noted: ‘‘Mellor and White report that the species was fairly plentiful on Flinders Island. This island form appeared much lighter, both above and below (perhaps due to the time of year) than the Tasmanian bird.’’ The publication of the name tasmanica appeared subsequent to this, with Mathews (1922b: 5) there having noted that ‘‘The Tasmanian bird is a deeper, redder colour on the under-surface; the uppersurface is greyer.’’ The inference from the above quotations is that he considered males from the islands of Bass Strait to differ from those of Tasmania proper. No type was designated. Mathews had a single specimen from Tasmania, a female, which is a paratype of P. p. albicans (see above) and might also be considered a paratype of tasmanica. No specimen that could be considered a primary type was found in AMNH.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Petroicidae

Genus

Littlera

Loc

Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews

LeCroy, M. 2008
2008
Loc

Petroica phoenicea

Schodde, R. & I. J. Mason 1999: 384
Mayr, E. 1986: 566
1986
Loc

Littlera phoenicea tasmanica

Mathews, G. M. 1922: 5
1922
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