Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa
Author
Frahnert, Sylke
Author
Turner, Donald A.
Author
Bracker, Cordula
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-18
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Cinnyris Falkensteini
G.A.
Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 56
.
Now
:
Cinnyris venustus falkensteini
G.A.
Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a
.
See
Greenway et al. (1967: 250)
.
Holotype
:
ZMH 6904
[Fischer no. 852], male, skin, former mount, collected at “Naiwascha”, 10.06.[18]83.
Type locality
: “
Naiwascha-See (Massai)” [
Lake Naivasha
,
Nakuru County
,
Kenya
], from the original description as well as locality of the
holotype
.
Remarks
: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for
one specimen
and the locality “Naiwascha-See (Massai)” were given. Fischer (1884) listed only
one specimen
for this species, and so ZMH 6904 is regarded as the
holotype
. It was also mentioned as the type in
Bolau (1898)
. The species name honors the German collector Julius Falkenstein (1842–1917).