Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae
Author
LeCroy, Mary
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Hypargos nitidulus virginiae
Amadon
Hypargos nitidulus virginiae
Amadon, 1953: 432
(Opu River,
Fernando Po
).
Now
Mandingoa nitidula virginiae
(
Amadon, 1953
)
. See
Mayr et al., 1968: 316
;
Dickinson, 2003: 727
;
Fry and Keith, 2004: 275–277
; and
Payne, 2010: 311–312
.
HOLOTYPE
:
AMNH 298108
, adult male, collected on the
Rio Opu
,
Bioko Island
(5 Fernando Po),
Equatorial Guinea
, on
8 September 1929
, by
J.G. Correia
(no. 2361).
COMMENTS: Amadon gave the AMNH number of the
holotype
in the original description and noted that Correia had collected a female also. The
paratype
is
AMNH 298109
, female,
Rio
Opu,
8 September 1929
, by Correia.
Payne (2010: 311–312)
synonymized
virginiae
with
M. n. schlegeli
, whereas other authors have recognized it. The entirely red bill and the wash of golden yellow on the back of the male do not seem to be matched by specimens of
schlegeli
in AMNH, and I believe further study is warranted once more specimens from Bioko are available.
Hartert (1919a: 146–147)
introduced the name
Mandingoa
as a new generic name for
Lagonosticta nitidula
Hartlaub, 1886
.