Notauges Fischeri Reichenow, 1884a: 54

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 40

Notauges Fischeri Reichenow, 1884a: 54 .

Now: Lamprotornis fischeri (Reichenow, 1884) . See Amadon et al. (1962: 100).

Holotype: ZMH 6915 ( Fischer no. 985), skin, female, collected on “Ebene bei Pare” (plains near the Pare Mountains), 04.08.[18]83.

Type locality: “ Ebene bei Pare” [plains near South Pare Mts , Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype .

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one specimen and the locality “Ebene bei Pare” (plains near the Pare Mountains) were given. Fischer (1884) noted that he collected only one specimen (no. 985), and as there is no other Fischer specimen of this species, ZMH 6915 is the holotype. The specimen was mentioned as the type in Bolau (1898), but with the wrong collecting date. Fischer collected this specimen on his return to the coast, and on that date he would have been near what is now the town of Mkomazi (north of Mazinde), at approximately 4°38’S, 38°05’E.