Loxia quinticolor Vieillot

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 478

Loxia quinticolor Vieillot

Loxia quinticolor Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant.: 85 (Timor).

Lonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807). - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-500 [MNHN A.C. 6506], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: (Sticker): Asie Aust Cvtte Le Natte / Loxia quinticolor , Vieill. / Expedit. du Capne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Maugé. 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / (V.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-501 [MNHN A.C. 6505], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte le Natte / Loxia quinticolor / Expedit. du Catne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Vieill. / Maugé. 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / ((V.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: NMW 35569 [NMW 1815.XXXVI.117], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal label: Amadina quinticolor / 1815 XXXVI - 117 / Von Pariser Mus. In kauf / Molukken / no 121.

SYNTYPE (lost): The bird is documented in a Temminck (1807: 112 no 994). No specific specimens were located.

Comments.

The number of specimens is not mentioned in the type-description nor is the collection mentioned. The two MNHN specimens are the only remaining specimens (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Amadina quinticolor or ‘five-coloured’ ( Jobling 2017).