Andropadus ansorgei Hartert, 1907

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 : 83

Andropadus ansorgei Hartert

Andropadus ansorgei Hartert, 1907e: 10 (Degama,

Southern Nigeria).

Now Andropadus ansorgei ansorgei Hartert, 1907 . See

Keith et al., 1992: 291.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 567368 , adult male, collected at Degema, 04°45′N, 06°49′E (Times Atlas), southern Nigeria, on 19 May (not October) 1902, by Dr. William J. Ansorge (no. 468). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert gave Ansorge’s no. 468 for the type. Hartert (1907e: 11) stated that he had eight specimens of this taxon from Degema and Gregani, southern Nigeria ; AMNH 567369 , 567371 , and 567373– 567377 are the seven paratypes .