Oriolus szalayi substriatus Stresemann and Paludan

Lecroy, Mary, 2014, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 12. Passeriformes: Ploceidae, Sturnidae, Buphagidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Corcoracidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Cnemophilidae, Paradisaeidae, And Corvidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (393), pp. 1-165 : 43

Oriolus szalayi substriatus Stresemann and Paludan

Oriolus szalayi substriatus Stresemann and Paludan (in Rothschild et al.), 1932: 142 (Waigeu).

Now Oriolus szalayi (Madarász, 1900) . See Mayr, 1941: 163–164; Rand and Gilliard, 1967: 449– 450; Beehler et al., 1986: 214; Dickinson, 2003: 486; and Walther and Jones, 2008: 716.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 300961 , adult male, collected on Waigeo (= Waigeu) Island, 00.12S, 131.00E ( Frith and Beehler, 1998: 571), Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia, on 23 May 1931, by Georg Stein (no. 1548).

COMMENTS: In the original description, Stresemann and Paludan noted that they had two specimens and designated as the holotype Stein’s specimen no. 1548. The paratype is AMNH 300962, female, Waigeo, 10 May 1931, collected by Stein.

On 23 May, Stein and his wife, Clara, were camped in the hinterland behind Warmek at about 300 m, Telkuk Mayalibit (= Majalibit) (Rothschild, Stresemann and Paludan, 1932: 129, Stein, 1933: 260–264).Telkuk Mayalibit is at 00.13S, 130.45E (USBGN, 1982).