Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870 – 1904)
Author
Mlíkovský, Jiří
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.202788
37c1b93e-9c92-45e1-a140-5fe4810c5b16
1175-5326
202788
Accentor modularis sclateri
Pražák
Accentor modularis sclateri
Pražák, 1896f
: 189
.
Remarks.
Pražák (1896f: 189)
based this form on “sehr lichte britische Vögel (“very pale British birds). As noted by
Hartert (1910: 773)
, British birds are darker than those from continental Europe. This strongly indicates that Pražák did not base
A. m. sclateri
on actual specimen material. In absence of any evidence that Pražák based this form on existing specimens or on published data, I treat
Accentor modularis sclateri
Pražák, 1896f
, as a name for a hypothetical form, which has no standing in zoological nomenclature (Art. 11.3.1 of the Code).