Cypselus Niansae Reichenow, 1887: 61

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 12

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scientific name	Cypselus Niansae Reichenow, 1887: 61
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Cypselus Niansae Reichenow, 1887: 61 View in CoL .

Now: Apus niansae niansae ( Reichenow, 1887) . See Reichenow (1902a: 379); but see also Peters (1940: 247).

Holotype: ZMB 49.331 View Materials (Fischer no. 126), skin, female, collected at “Kagehi”, 16.11.[1885].

Type locality: “ Kagehi” [ Kayenzi , Mwanza Region, northern Tanzania] as the locality of the holotype .

Remarks: In the original description only one specimen (no. 126) was given, so ZMB 49.331 is regarded as the holotype. It was inventoried in 1949 with the notice “Typ” [type specimen].