Tanagra caerulescens Wied

LeCroy, Mary, 2012, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, And Tersininae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (368), pp. 1-125 : 60-61

Tanagra caerulescens Wied

Tanagra caerulescens Wied, 1830: 541 (Campos Geraës des inneren Brasilien’s).

Now Porphyrospiza caerulescens ( Wied, 1830) . See Allen, 1889b: 140, 225, Hellmayr, 1938: 114, Paynter, 1970d: 246, and Dickinson, 2003: 787.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 6764 , adult male, collected in Campos Geraës , Brazil, by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. From the Maximilian Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Wied (1830: 544) noted that he had a single male specimen. Allen (1889b: 225) listed this specimen as the type of T. caerulescens , the original Wied label reading ‘‘ T. coerulescens mihi.’’ He discussed it in detail (Allen, 1889b: 140) but questioned whether it was a synonym of Emberiza cyanella Sparrman, 1787 , as had been suggested. Hellmayr (1938: 114) noted that it was not the same; therefore, Wied’s name was the correct one for the species. Wied’s single specimen was formerly mounted and is in badly worn plumage. Paynter and Traylor (1991) suggested that Wied’s ‘‘Campos Geraës’’ may be Serra Geral, 15.25S, 42.48W, Minas Gerais.

Paynter (1970d: 245) included the species in the genus Passerina .

THRAUPINAE