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VERBATIM
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LOCALITY: “
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CURRENT STATUS:
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Wahlberg, 1855
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;
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Platysteiridae (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB2FEFC4F37024088" author="Dickinson, E. C. & Christidis, L." box="[955,1339,944,970]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref28395" refString="Dickinson, E. C. & Christidis, L. (2014) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4 th Edition. Vol. 2. Passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, 752 pp." type="book" year="2014">Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 209</bibRefCitation>
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STATUS REFERENCE:
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(monotypic),
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(monotypic),
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,
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,
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MATERIAL: Wahlberg, in his description, gave data for both male and female. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue,
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referred to two “types”, so we cannot regard them as
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at Swakop River; NRM 568750 [11691], an adult female collected
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at
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(both of these referred to as types by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB1D2FB0B33A3464D" author="Gyldenstolpe, N." box="[151,410,1268,1295]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref28755" refString="Gyldenstolpe, N. (1926) Types of birds in the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm. Arkiv f or Zoologi, 19, 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1926">Gyldenstolpe 1926: 65</bibRefCitation>
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); NRM 90168195 [11692], a juvenile male collected
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at Swakop River; and NRM 90168197 [11690], an adult male collected
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at
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LOCALITY:
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and
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COMMENTS: Dates and places agree with journal entries. Gyldenstolpe, both in his type catalogue (1926: 65) and on labels in the NRM, consistently and erroneously spelled the species name as “
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”. The nominate form,
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, was described by
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, 21: 486) based on
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB551FA5736EE4680" author="Levaillant, F." box="[1044,1239,1448,1474]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref29075" refString="Levaillant, F. (1799 - 1808) Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, 6 volumes. Chez J. J. Fuchs, Paris, 194 + 206 + 231 + 141 + 163 + 188 pp." type="book" year="1799">Levaillant (1799</bibRefCitation>
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–1808, 4 [1805]: 38–43, plate 161). Levaillant gave a vast distribution: “
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<emphasis id="B9598714F77EB13FB260FA3236054510" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Cette espèce est commune aux deux côtes est et ouest d’Afrique; d’un côté sur les bords de la grande rivière des Poissons et dans tout le pays des Caffres, et de l’autre, dans celui des Grands Namaquois, et notamment dans les bois de mimosas qui bordent la Grande-Rivière, de chaque côté de son cours: elle est cependant plus abondante à l’est.</emphasis>
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” This translates to: “This species is common to both east and west coasts; on one side on the banks of the Fish River as well as in all the land of the Caffres, and on the other side, in the land of the Great Namaqua, and especially in the forests of mimosas which border the Great River (Orange or Gariep River), on each side, but it is more plentiful towards the east”. A male and a female are figured, but their origin is not given. If the figured specimens (both
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<typeStatus id="5496E5A4F77EB13FB57DF936369845A1" box="[1080,1185,1737,1763]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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) are still in existence, they are likely to be stored in Paris (but they were not found in the MNHN collection by WRJD in 2004).
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB1D2F8EF335B4469" author="Sundevall, C. J." box="[151,354,1808,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" pagination="16 - 60" refId="ref30013" refString="Sundevall, C. J. (1857) Kritisk framstallning af fogelarterna uti aldre ornithologiska arbeten. 2. Le Vaillant, Oiseaux d'Afrique. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar, Ny foljd, Band 2, 16 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 13341" type="book chapter" year="1857">Sundevall (1857)</bibRefCitation>
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also points out that a large part of the information in
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB28BF8EF36A94468" author="Levaillant, F." box="[974,1168,1808,1834]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref29075" refString="Levaillant, F. (1799 - 1808) Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, 6 volumes. Chez J. J. Fuchs, Paris, 194 + 206 + 231 + 141 + 163 + 188 pp." type="book" year="1799">Levaillant (1799</bibRefCitation>
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–1808) is not trustworthy: “
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<emphasis id="B9598714F77EB13FB19FF8CB3734440C" box="[218,1293,1844,1870]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Att han gjort sig skyldig till det aldra gröfsta vetenskapliga bedrägeri är alltför uppenbart</emphasis>
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”, translated as “the fact that he is guilty of the most severe scientific fraud is all too obvious”. The TL has been cited as Lower Orange River (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB0D3F883305744D4" author="Sclater, W. L." box="[406,622,1916,1942]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref29604" refString="Sclater, W. L. (1930) s. n. In: Systema Avium Aethiopicarum: a Systematic List of the Birds of the Ethiopian Region. Part 2. Taylor & Francis for the British Ornithologists' Union, London, pp. i - xi + 305 - 922." type="book" year="1930">Sclater 1930: 422</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB33EF883315B44D4" author="Traylor Jr., M. A." box="[635,866,1916,1942]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref30134" refString="Traylor Jr., M. A. (1986 a) Family Muscicapidae (sensu stricto), Old World Flycatchers (African). In: Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G. W. (Eds.), Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 295 - 375." type="book" year="1986">Traylor 1986a: 382</bibRefCitation>
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) following Levaillant’s statement “
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<emphasis id="B9598714F77EB13FB5B9F882332B44F8" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">commune aux deux cotes</emphasis>
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[... as above]” and similar information from
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB25BF85F31F644F8" author="Vieillot, L. - P." box="[798,975,1952,1978]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref30386" refString="Vieillot, L. - P. (1818) s. n. In: Virey, J. J. (Ed.), Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 21. MIN-MOZ. Deterville, Paris, pp. 1 - 612." type="book" year="1818">Vieillot (1818)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F77EB13FB29FF85F36D644F8" author="Macdonald, J. D." box="[986,1263,1952,1979]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refId="ref29151" refString="Macdonald, J. D. (1957) Contribution to the Ornithology of Western South Africa. Results of the British Museum (Natural History) South West African Expedition 1949 - 50. Trustees of the British Museum, London, xi + 174 pp." type="book" year="1957">Macdonald (1957: 120)</bibRefCitation>
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suggested that it would be more correct to place the TL in theEastern
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<collectingRegion id="49E995E4F77EB13FB3B1F83B3199449C" box="[756,928,1988,2014]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Cape Province</collectingRegion>
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, restricted to some well-known place such as Somerset East, near the Fish River, which lies close to the route followed by Levaillant. Macdonald did not explicitly state that he restricted the type locality (and if he had done so it has no support in the Code), but nevertheless, it was accepted as a restricted TL by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBC26F7F779B138B37FFF20311843BB" author="Clancey, P. A." box="[570,801,222,249]" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" pagination="465 - 544" refId="ref28216" refString="Clancey, P. A. (1966) A catalogue of birds of the South African sub-region (Part IV: Families Sylviidae - Prionopidae). Durban Museum Novitates, 7 (12), 465 - 544." type="journal article" year="1966">Clancey (1966: 513)</bibRefCitation>
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for example. We cannot find any designation of either a
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<typeStatus id="5496E5A4F779B138B1D2FEFC32C7425F" box="[151,254,259,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
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or
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<typeStatus id="5496E5A4F779B138B064FEFC3344425F" box="[289,381,259,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
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, and a review of possible existing specimens of the original type series is thus required to make a designation. Until that is done, the status of the nominate species
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<taxonomicName id="4C2D2085F779B138B2CDFED8367A4203" authorityName="Wahlberg" authorityYear="1855" box="[904,1091,295,321]" class="Aves" family="Platysteiridae" genus="Platystira" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="affinis">
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<emphasis id="B9598714F779B138B2CDFED8367A4203" box="[904,1091,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Platystira affinis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is not clear.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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