Heliocorys modesta giffardi Hartert

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 25

Heliocorys modesta giffardi Hartert

Heliocorys modesta giffardi Hartert, 1899: 5 (Gambaga, Gold Coast Hinterland).

Now Galerida modesta modesta Heuglin, 1864 . See Keith et al., 1992: 95.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 557010 , adult male, collected at Gambaga , 10°31′N, 00°22′W (Times Atlas), Ghana, on 18 July 1898, by Capt. Giffard. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert (1899: 5) did not say how many specimens he had, only mentioning that the type was from near Gambaga. Hartert (1919: 165) designated the male as the lectotype and mentioned that Capt. Giffard had collected two specimens. AMNH 557011, a female collected 20 December 1898 at the same locality, is the paralectotype.