Pezoporus occidentalis (Gould, 1861:100)
Night parrot, Spinifex parrot, Porcupine parrot, Night parakeet (archaic), Ground-parakeet (archaic), tnokkapaltara (Arunta people, central Australia), myrrlumbing (ethnography uncertain)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Between 1912 and 1990 there were many alleged records of this species (e.g. Ives, 1971; Storr, 1960; Blyth, 1996 and references therein). One such unconfirmed report was of an adult and five young in a nest under a large spinifex bush near south-eastern shore of Lake Ballard, south-eastern Western Australia in April 1937 (Ford, 1957; Storr, 1986:28). A flurry of reports originated from Cloncurry, Queensland in the early 1990's (Garnett et al., 1993). The sighting by Shane Parker in 1979 is possibly the most reputable pre-rediscovery sighting.
Distribution
Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
First known specimen:
The first known specimen collected was by John McDouall Stuart in 1845 (Cleland, 1936).
Holotype:
"The only authentic record [from the Gascoyne region] is the collecting of the holotype by the Austin expedition in September 1854; the locality was fixed by H.M. Wilson (1937, Emu 37: 80) as 13 km SE Mt Farmer near the west end of Lake Austin. There are a few unconfirmed reports from the north-east of the region: on the upper Ashburton, at Nichol Springs and Chalk Springs (both on the Ethel River), and at Bolgers Soak, the head of Neds Creek and Pinyerinya Pool (all north of Lake Gregory)."
(Storr, 1985:36)
The specimen is recorded in the original journal of the expedition (Austin, 1855).
Other collections:
Western Australia, 1896 (North, 1898)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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