Loxia variegata Vieillot

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 477

Loxia variegata Vieillot

Loxia variegata Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant.: 82 (Moluccas).

Lonchura molucca (Linnaeus, 1766). - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-502 [MNHN A.C. 6507], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: 1 (Sticker) (illegible) Cvte Le Natte / expedit. Du Capte Baudin / an XI Timor mer / Maugé. 2. Vieill. / variegate V / Munia (illegible). Pedestal label: Munia Loxia variegata / (V.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-503 [MNHN A.C. 6508], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: Asie austr. Cvte Le Natte / expedit. du Capt Baudin / an XI Timor par / Maugé L. variegate. 2. Vieillot Ois Chat N 3 / Loxia variegate / Munia variegata / V. Pedestal label: Munia Loxia variegata / (V.) / M. Maugé Timor.

Comments.

Vieillot did not mention the number of specimens he examined or which collections he used to describe the species. The two specimens in the MNHN from the Baudin expedition are the only specimens in the collection (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is erroneous (Moluccas), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Loxia variegata or ‘variegated’ ( Jobling 2017).