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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1
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Pitylia caniceps
Reichenow, 1879c: 139
.
Now
:
Odontospiza griseicapilla
(
Delacour, 1943
)
.
See
Blake et al. (1968: 335)
.
Holotype
:
ZMB 24263
(B 15712,
Fischer
no. 385), skin, male, collected at “Massa”, 05.11.[1878].
Type locality
:
“
Massa” [Masabubu,
Tana River County
,
Kenya
], from the original description as well as locality of the
holotype
.
Remarks
: In the description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for
one specimen
and the locality “Massa” were given. The given measurements are identical to those listed in
Fischer & Reichenow (1879)
for no. 385, so ZMB 24263 is the
holotype
for this species. The correct name is
Odontospiza griseicapilla
Delacour, 1943
, as the original species name
caniceps
was preoccupied by
Munia caniceps
(
Blake et al. 1968
)
.