Cistothorus platensis meridae Hellmayr

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 : 112

Cistothorus platensis meridae Hellmayr

Cistothorus platensis meridae Hellmayr, 1907: 74 (El

Loro, Merida, 3000 m).

Now Cistothorus meridae Hellmayr, 1907 . See Brewer and MacKay, 2001: 122.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 502167 , unsexed adult, collected at El Loro, 3000 m, ca. 08°40′N, 70°55′W ( Paynter, 1982: 61), Merida, Venezuela, on 13 August 1898, by Salamon Briceño Gabaldón é hijos. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The type was explicitly stated to be in the Rothschild Collection. This is the only specimen of this taxon that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, and the data match those in the original description. Other specimens of this form in AMNH were collected by Briceño after 1907 and came directly from him to AMNH.