Type specimens of birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Geneva
Author
Cibois, Alice
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
alice.cibois@ville-ge.ch
Author
Vallotton, Laurent
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
Author
Othman, Nagwa
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
Author
Weber, Claude
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
Author
Ruedi, Manuel
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2016
123
2
269
282
journal article
198300
10.5281/zenodo.155300
54648a18-198b-43ad-b766-f765f4711591
0035-418
155300
Paradisornis rudolphi
Finsch & Meyer, 1885
Finsch O. & Meyer A. B. 1885
Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie
2(4): 385.
Now
Paradisaea rudolphi
(
Finsch & Meyer, 1885
)
.
See
Mayr & Greenway 1962: 201
.
Syntype
:
MHNG 614.019
,
adult
male
, collected in
Papua New Guinea
(
Maguli Range
,
Owen Stanley mountain Range
, alt.
7000 ft
=
2134 m
) by K. Hunstein in 1884. From the Gustav Schneider collection, acquired by the MHNG in 1885.
Comment:
The Naturhistorisches Museum Basel and the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien each have another
syntype
.
Weber (1983)
provided a full account on the origin of these
three specimens
.