Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes, 1971

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Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes

Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes, 1971: 60 (north slope of Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, Philippines).

Now Zosterops nigrorum mindorensis Parkes, 1971 . See Dickinson et al., 1991: 400, and van Balen, 2008: 450.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 790482 , adult male, collected on the north slope of Mt. Halcon , 13.16N, 121.00E ( Dickinson et al., 1991: 419), Mindoro Island, Philippines, on 19 March 1965, by J. Ramos.

COMMENTS: Parkes gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and noted that he had seen 12 specimens from five localities on Mindoro. All of the Mindoro specimens collected by Ramos on joint expeditions sponsored by AMNH and PNM were still at AMNH when Parkes studied these birds, and he would have had access to the seven specimens collected on those expeditions as well as one specimen collected by John Whitehead that had come to AMNH via the Rothschild Collection. Paratypes that he saw at AMNH were: AMNH 700079 , female, Mt. Dulangan , 6000 ft., 26 January 1896, by John Whitehead ; AMNH 790481 , male, Bahay Bandok , Bongabon, Oriente Mindoro, 15 July 1963, by Ramos-Oane ; AMNH 790483– 790487 , north slope of Mt. Halcon , March 1965, by J. Ramos. Of these last paratypes, AMNH 790483 , 790485 , 790486 , and 790487 were later returned to PNM .