Anthus spinoletta kleinschmidti 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 : 55

Anthus spinoletta kleinschmidti Hartert

Anthus spinoletta kleinschmidti Hartert, 1905a: 284 (Nolsö, Faröer).

Now Anthus petrosus petrosus (Montagu, 1798) . See Knox, 1988, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 167.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 572820 , collected on 8 May 1900, on Nolsø Island , Faeroes, purchased from Pastor O. Kleinschmidt. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1905a: 284) listed the type from Nolsø but did not say how many specimens he had, nor did he give the sex or date of collection. He did say that both spring and fall plumages were similar to the fall plumage of Anthus spinoletta obscura . Later, Hartert (1919: 168) mentioned that the type was a male, dated 8 May 1900, ‘‘but the specimen appears to be in autumn plumage!’’ There are two males collected on 8 May. Because this specimen was intended as the type by Hartert and has been so considered ever since, I hereby designate AMNH 572820 the lectotype to avoid confusion with reference to the older literature. Four additional paralectotypes were cataloged: AMNH 572821 and 572822, male and female, 8 May 1900; AMNH 572823, female, 10 September 1900; and AMNH 572824, female, 13 September 1900.

Collection dates of the four paralectotypes are taken from the original field labels, and there is no indication that ‘‘May’’ is an incorrect date. Cramp (1988: 394) stated that kleinschmidti is among the races that show little seasonal plumage variation. Cramp (1988: 393) did not recognize A. petrosus as a species separate from A. spinoletta and he considered kleinschmidti a valid subspecies of A. spinoletta .