Pytelia phoenicoptera emini Hartert, 1899

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 85

Pytelia phoenicoptera emini Hartert

Pytelia phoenicoptera emini Hartert, 1899a: 413 (Lado) .

Now Pytilia phoenicoptera emini Hartert, 1899 . See Hartert, 1919a: 143; Mayr et al., 1968: 312; Dickinson, 2003: 727; Fry and Keith, 2004: 352– 353; and Payne, 2010: 332.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 728593 , adult male, collected at Lado , 05.10N, 31.32E (Times atlas), Sudan, on 14 June 1881, by Emin Pasha (no. 169). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The single specimen in the Rothschild Collection with the above data was designated the holotype in the original description. A second specimen in BMNH ‘‘mentioned by Dr. Sharpe in Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. XIII. p. 301, from Lado, agrees in every respect with the one in the [Rothschild Collection].’’ That specimen is a paratype of emini.

Mayr et al. (1968: 312) synonymized emini with nominate P. phoenicoptera , but more recent authors have recognized it. Traylor (in Mayr et al., 1968: 312, fn.) chose the earlier spelling Pytilia for the generic name, and others have followed that spelling since.