<documentid="D9FE304E900808A29DE2F1A80DA7FEC3"ID-CLB-Dataset="298901"ID-DOI="10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a9"ID-GBIF-Dataset="f27e3d10-1ed1-402a-91a2-fba6fc03b4b4"ID-ISSN="2513-9894"ID-Zenodo-Dep="12535661"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="guilherme"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="guilherme"checkinTime="1719341111594"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Halley, Matthew R."docDate="2021"docId="03F3D44FFF87FFCCB26DFD0E0B00B71B"docLanguage="en"docName="BullBritOrnitholClub.141.1.109-112.pdf"docOrigin="Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1)"docSource="https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-141/issue-1/bboc.v141i1.2021.a9/Neotypification-of-Catharus-ustulatus-Nuttall/10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a9.full"docStyle="DocumentStyle:EFA7F293C51FD4806C5290561C16F223.2:BullBritOrnitholClub.2017-.journal_article"docStyleId="EFA7F293C51FD4806C5290561C16F223"docStyleName="BullBritOrnitholClub.2017-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="2"docTitle="Catharus ustulatus ȱ (Nuttall 1840"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="111"masterDocId="FFCAAC37FF85FFCFB323FFB30A05B107"masterDocTitle="Neotypification of Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall)"masterLastPageNumber="112"masterPageNumber="109"pageNumber="110"updateTime="1720795542430"updateUser="guilherme"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-NC-4.0">
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79993) in the collection of the University of
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Burke Museum of Natural HistoryȱandȱCultureȱ(
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),ȱSeattle,ȱWA,ȱisȱherebyȱdesignatedȱasȱitsȱneotypeȱ(Fig.ȱ1).ȱThisȱ action stabilises traditional nomenclature and prevents confusion arising from alternative identifications.ȱItȱfulfillsȱtheȱrequirementsȱforȱneotypeȱdesignationȱinȱtheȱCodeȱ(ICZNȱ1999)ȱ by clarifying the taxonomic application (status) of the name, as explained above (Art. 75.3.1)ȱandȱatȱlengthȱbyȱHalleyȱ(2019),ȱdescribing,ȱillustratingȱandȱreferencingȱtheȱdefiningȱ characters of
ȱ andȱ itsȱ neotypeȱ(Art.ȱ75.3.2),ȱ providingȱ dataȱ sufficientȱ toȱ ensureȱ recognition of the specimen designated (Art. 75.3.3), providing grounds for believing that all original type material has been lost and is untraceable (Art. 75.3.4), showing that traits of the
collectedȱduringȱtheȱbreedingȱseasonȱinȱcoastalȱWashington,ȱwhereȱNuttall’sȱ(1840)ȱsyntypesȱ originatedȱ(Art.ȱ75.3.6),ȱandȱrecordingȱthatȱtheȱneotypeȱisȱpreservedȱinȱaȱrecognisedȱscientificȱ institution (Art. 75.3.7). The choice of a specimen from its breeding grounds provides more stability than selecting a migrant individual with an unknown breeding locality.
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is an adult female (study skin and spread wing) that was killed by a cat andȱsalvagedȱonȱ27ȱJuneȱ2002ȱbyȱstaffȱofȱtheȱIslandȱWildlifeȱShelterȱonȱBainbridgeȱIsland,ȱ
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and smooth) and an oedematous broodȱpatch.ȱTheȱskullȱwasȱ100%ȱpneumatised.ȱNoȱbursaȱwasȱobserved.ȱTwoȱflightȱfeathersȱ were missing (s9 on the right wing and rectrix 4), suggesting moult, although they may have been lost during the altercation with the cat.
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79993 was examined by the author in 2019 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, where it was received on loan from
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as a candidateȱ forȱ neotypification.ȱ Likeȱ theȱ freshȱ seriesȱ ofȱ
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), and the specimen does not exhibit an obvious contrast between the back and tail, unlike
by the combination ofȱ aȱ buffyȱ eye-ring,ȱ whichȱ isȱ boldȱ andȱ spectacle-like,ȱ andȱ uniformȱ olive-brownȱ dorsalȱ plumage and tail. In contrast to the similar
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)
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, which also has olive-brown upperparts and tail, the eye-ring of
is ‘full and distinct,’ the breast spots are ‘larger and less distinct’ and there is a ‘lack of emargination on p6’ (
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