Talk:White-eared honeyeater

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Cygnis insignis in topic taxonomy

taxonomy edit

I just added and removed the following from taxonomy, it creates a problem with extant text on race in the distribution section. — cygnis insignis 10:18, 4 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

A species description was published in 1904 by A. W. Milligan, Ptilotis novæ-norciæ, separating his specimen from eastern population of this species (Latham, 1801),[1] The type location, Wongan Hills, is located in the southwest of Australia. This description is the basis for a generic combination of a subspecies, Nesoptilotis leucotis novaenorcia, citing the 2011 reevaluation.[2]

The subspecific descriptions are[3]

  • N. l. leucotis (Latham, 1801) occurs in southeast Australia
  • N. l. novaenorciae (Milligan, 1904), southwest to eastern central
  • N. l. thomasi (Mathews, 1912) Kangaroo Island (off south Australia)

References

  1. ^ Milligan, A.W. 1904, "Notes on a trip to the Wongan Hills, W.A., with a description of a new Ptilotis", Emu. 4:1, pp. 217–226
  2. ^ "Subspecies: Nesoptilotis leucotis novaenorciae (Milligan, 1904)". Australian Faunal Directory. biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 August 2018. citing Emu 111: 202–211
  3. ^ Gill; et al. "Honeyeaters « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. IOC. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last1= (help)