Philedon buceroides Swainson

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 : 474

Philedon buceroides Swainson

Philedon buceroides Swainson, 1837, Anim. Menag.: 325-326 (New Holland).

Philemon buceroides Swainson, 1837. See Pucheran 1858: 469 and Hellmayr 1916: 101-102. - Now.

Type materials.

HOLOTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2010-472 [MNHN A.C. 10100], immature, 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: Australie / Cette L. Naturaliste / M. Maugé / Capte Baudin / 10.100 / Philemon = / (illegible) = Philemon buceroides / P. timoriensis SW / (Mull) Type. Pedestal label: Philemon buceroides (Sw.) / Ardea timoriensis (Mull.) Type / Exp. Baudin Timor.

Comments.

Swainson studied one bird in the MNHN. The Baudin expedition bird represents the only specimen in the MNHN (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4). The bird which was once in NMS (Dufresne Ms 1818: 87) was not a type and is no longer present (Bob McGowan in litt.). The type locality is erroneous (New Holland), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Swainson named this species Philemon buceroides or 'resembling a hornbill’ ( Jobling 2017).