Lanius major Brehm

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 : 104

Lanius major Brehm Lanius rapax Brehm

Lanius major Brehm, 1831: 232 (deutsche Fichtenwäld­ er).

Lanius rapax Brehm, 1854: 144 (Kärnthen und Deutschland).

Now Lanius excubitor excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 . See Hartert, 1918b: 28, Rand, 1960: 356, Harris and Franklin, 2000: 150, and Conzemius, 2001.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 457613 , adult female, collected at Renthendorf, 50°48′N, 11°58′E (Gazetteer 43, USBGN), on 10 March 1830. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In his description of Lanius major, Brehm did not say how many specimens he had, although he described males, females, and immatures. The above specimen and AMNH 457612 , a male collected at Renthendorf on 19 August 1817, are the only two specimens of this taxon collected before 1831 that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. Hartert (1918b: 28) designated the specimen collected on 10 March 1830 as the lectotype ; AMNH 457612 is a paralectotype and was exchanged with ZFMK .

Brehm (1854: 144) noted that his earlier (1831: 232) name, Lanius major , was preoccupied by Lanius major Pallas, 1831 (also preoccupied by Lanius major Gmelin, 1788 ; see Rand, 1960: 356), and he provided Lanius rapax as a replacement name. Lanius excubitor rapax appears on the label of this specimen in Brehm’s hand, and Hartert (1918b: 28) treated both names together, the type being the same specimen.

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