Carduelis elegans hortensis Pražák

Mlíkovský, Jiří, 2011, Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870 – 1904), Zootaxa 3005, pp. 45-68 : 55

Carduelis elegans hortensis Pražák

[ Carduelis elegans ] hortensis Pražák, 1894d: 83 .

NOW. Carduelis carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert (1903: 67).

Remarks. See under Carduelis elegans hortensis (above). Pražák (1894d: 84) did not specify the type locality of C. e. hortensis , but listed "Königsgrätz" [= Hradec Králové, Bohemia; 50.21°N, 15.83°E], "Prager Umgebung" [= "vicinity of Prague"; Prague has been a capitol of Bohemia and its unspecified "vicinity" covers much of Central Bohemia] and "Süd-Böhmen" [= "South Bohemia "] as examples of localities where these birds were common and stated (p. 84) that he personally collected eight specimens on 7 October 1892 at “Maslojed” [= Máslojedy, Bohemia; 50.30°N, 15.77°E]. Considering that Pražák invented such records in many cases and that he did not limit the description of hortensis to these birds, I prefer to consider the whole of Bohemia as the type locality of Carduelis elegans hortensis Pražák. Hartert (1903: 67) incorrectly said that Pražák (1894d) described this form as Fringilla hortensis .