Cossypha fasciiventris Sundevall, 1850: 101

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Cossypha fasciiventris Sundevall, 1850: 101 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ E Caffraria superiore, silvatica, circa fluvium Limpopo (25° lat.). ”

CURRENT STATUS: Calamonastes fasciolatus europhilus (Clancey, 1970) ; Cisticolidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 454) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description (1850: 101), mentioned both males and females. From his acquisition catalogue it appears that four specimens were available to him at the time of description. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 46) referred to NRM 568785 [6740] as a “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this male collected 5 or 8 February 1842 near Apies River. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 555993 [6741], a female collected 20 June 1844 at Leroma; NRM 537640 [6738], a mount of a male collected 28 November 1841 at Apies River; and a male, RMNH. AVES.171503 [6739], collected 10 December 1841 in Magaliesberg, exchanged to Leiden in 1850.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Apies River , Gauteng Province .

COMMENTS: The type locality can be corrected to the Apies River at 25° 28’ South, 28° 15’ East. See account for Tockus erythrorhynchus rufirostris .