Thryothorus coraya obscurus Zimmer and Phelps

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 : 113

Thryothorus coraya obscurus Zimmer and Phelps

Thryothorus coraya obscurus Zimmer and Phelps, 1947:

6 (Mt. Auyan­tepui, State of Bolívar, Venezuela; altitude 1100 meters).

Now Thryothorus coraya obscurus Zimmer and Phelps,

1947. See Brewer and MacKay, 2001: 143.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 324826 , adult male, collected on Cerro Auyán­tepuı´, 1100 m, 05°55′N, 62°32′W ( Paynter, 1982: 13), Bolívar, Venezuela, on 19 February 1938, by E. Thomas Gilliard. From the Phelps Venezuelan Expedition (no. 1640).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the type was cited in the original description. In Zimmer and Phelps (1947: 7), measurements are given for four adult males and two adult females, but there are also two unsexed specimens that are part of the type series. Paratypes are: AMNH 324824, 324825, and 324827–324831. AMNH 324827 and 324829 are in the Colección Ornitologica Phelps, Caracas.