White-necked South Asian goat [1] ( lat. Eurostopodus mystacalis ) is a bird from the family of real goats .
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| Eurostopodus mystacalis Temminck , 1826 |
Security status IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22689661 |
It lives in Eastern Australia , on the islands of New Guinea and New Caledonia , in the Solomon Islands . It inhabits subtropical and tropical forests, grassy and shrub savannas , sandy and rocky coasts. In the mountains it is found up to a height of 1650 m.
It forms 3 subspecies:
- Eurostopodus mystacalis nigripennis EP Ramsay , 1881 - northern and central Solomon Islands, including the island of Bougainville ;
- Eurostopodus mystacalis exul Mayr , 1941 - New Caledonia Island;
- Eurostopodus mystacalis mystacalis ( Temminck , 1826) - Eastern Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to the south through the eastern regions of Queensland and New South Wales to the east and south of Victoria , winters in the eastern half of New Guinea.
Notes
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 149. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
Links
- BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Eurostopodus mystacalis
- White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis) - the Internet Bird Collection