Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Western Spinebill
Common Names in French:
Méliphage festonné
Common Names in German:
Buntkopf-Honigfresser
Common Names in Japanese:
ニシキリハシミツスイ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,796 meters (0 to 9,173 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Corvida
()
- Superfamily:
Meliphagoidea
()
- Family:
Meliphagidae
()
-
- Genus:
Acanthorhynchus
()
- Gould 1837
- Specific name:
superciliosus
- Gould 1837
- Scientific name: - Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Gould, 1837 Gould 1837
- Specific name:
superciliosus
- Gould 1837
- Genus:
Acanthorhynchus
(
- Family:
Meliphagidae
(
- Superfamily:
Meliphagoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Corvida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 29-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acanthorhynchus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. superciliosus (Western Spinebill) · A. tenuirostris (Eastern Spinebill) · A. tenuirostris tenuirostris (Eastern Spinebill)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the collection of birds formed by the late Hugh Edwin Strickland. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1882. url p. 156.
- A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 266.
- Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url , p. 103, p. 173, p. 183.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 144, p. 145.
- Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 36.
- Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 36.
- Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, 1891. url p. 74.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 438.
- Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings. 2 1877 Brisbane, Thorne & Greenwell, 1877. url p. .
- Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney, F. W. White, Printer.1889. url .
- Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. Also, a narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islan London: T. and W. Boone, 1846. url p. 481.
- Handbook to The birds of Australia. By John Gould. LondonPub. by the author, 1865. url p. 553, p. 553.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 660.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url .
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 24, p. 24, p. 536.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 138.
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 106, p. 128, p. 135, p. 18, p. 227, p. 6, p. 7, p. 73, p. 79.
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 59.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Acanthorhynchus superciliosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3613
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558386
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558386
- IUCN ID: 188270
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128615
Footnotes
- Mean = 271.910 meters (892.093 feet), Standard Deviation = 344.160 based on 4,792 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
