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MENURIDAE - Lyrebirds (1:2)
MENURA Latham, 1801 F - Menura novaehollandiae Latham, 1801; type by monotypy   1
Menura alberti 2  Bonaparte, 1850 Prince Albert's Lyrebirdα
iSE Queensland, NE New South Wales
Menura novaehollandiae Superb Lyrebird
edwardi Chisholm, 1921 iSE Queensland, NE New South Wales
novaehollandiae Latham, 18013 αiEC and SE New South Wales
victoriae Gould, 18654 iExtreme SE New South Wales, E Victoria [Gould, 1865 #1750]
1 For reasons to revert to 1801 and not use 1802 see Schodde et al. (2010) [Schodde, 2010 #12422].
2 Date questioned by Mayr (1962) [Mayr, 1962 #4717]; but see Zimmer (1926) [Zimmer, 1926 #4296].
3 For reasons to revert to 1801 and not use 1802 see Schodde et al. (2010) [Schodde, 2010 #12422].
4 For recognition of this see Schodde & Mason (1999) [Schodde, 1999 #3524].
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