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 text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 2013-09-26 2013 381 1 155 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/832.1 journal article 10.1206/832.1 85bd2c66-f9f0-4172-8d82-2e8841cd354a 0003-0090 4611863 Erythrura cyanovirens (sic) efatensis Mayr Erythrura cyanovirens (sic) efatensis Mayr, 1931: 8 (Efate Island, New Hebrides ). Now Erythrura cyaneovirens serena (P.L. Sclater, 1881) . See Mayr et al., 1968: 366 ; Ziswiler et al., 1972: 65–67 ; Bregulla, 1992: 264–266 ; Dickinson, 2003: 733–734 ; and Payne, 2010: 347– 348 . HOLOTYPE : AMNH 213017 , adult male, collected on Efate Island , Vanuatu (5 New Hebrides), on 30 June 1926 , by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 21255). COMMENTS: Mayr gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed 26 specimens , including the holotype : 16 adult males, two juvenile males, seven adult females, and one juvenile female. Only 25 specimens were cataloged at AMNH and I consider the following 24 specimens to be paratypes of E.c. efatensis : AMNH 213014–213016 , 213018–213029 , 15 males , AMNH 213030 , sex?, AMNH 213031– 213037 , seven females, AMNH 213038 , female?, all collected on Efate Island between 28 June and 21 July 1926 by members of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Nine of these specimens were exchanged to other institutions: AMNH 213019 and 213036 to USNM in January 1932 ; AMNH 213020 to ZMB in January 1932 , AMNH 213026 and 213028 to ZMB in July 1936 ; AMNH 213022 to the Swedish Museum in December 1931 ; AMNH 213024 to the Cleveland Museum in January 1932 ; and AMNH 213027 and 213033 to BBM in January 1932 . During the period when these specimens were collected, the Whitney Expedition ship France was anchored in Undine Bay , ca. 17.32S , 168.22E , and collecting was done inland from there ( Archives , Department of Ornithology ) . In the most recent study of this species, Payne (2010: 347–348) recommended synonymizing efatensis with serena . Ziswiler et al., 1972: 65–67 , and Bregulla (1992: 264–266) recommended synonymizing both with regia . The correct spelling of this species name is cyaneovirens .