Psittacus jonquillaceus Vieillot, 1818

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 : 473

Psittacus jonquillaceus Vieillot

Psittacus jonquillaceus Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Dict. Nat. éd. 25: 352 (Nouvelle-Hollande).

Aprosmictus jonquillaceus Now: Aprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot, 1817). See Pucheran 1851: 562, Peters 1937: 248 and Voisin and Voisin 2008: 483-484. - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-MO-2004-97 [MNHN A.C. 1346], 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 underside: 1346 / Platycerque ensanglanté / Platycercus vulneratus / Wagl. / un der types / Wagler. / Exp. De Cap. Baudin / Maugé / C’est de Platycercus jonquillaceus / Vieillot. (un des types). Pedestal label: Platycercus vulneratus / P. jonguillaceus (V.) T. / Exp. Baudin Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-MO-2004-104 [MNHN A.C. 1345], 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 underside: 1345 / Platycerque ensanglanté / Platycercus vulneratus Wagl. / Timor (illegible) / Maugé / un der types / Wagler (illegible) / P. jonquillaceus / Vieillot (illegible) types. Pedestal label: Platycercus vulneratus / P. jonquillaceues (V.) T. / Exp. Baudin Timor.

SYNTYPE: NMS_Z 1929.186.12, 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.

The information available for the NMS bird is Dufresne Ms 1818, 20: Psittacus jonquillaceus , La. P. Jonquille, une belle variété, Nlle Hollande.

Comments.

Vieillot referred neither to the number of available specimens nor to the collection where he examined the species. Both MNHN birds were the only two specimens (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 1) until Temminck provided a male from Timor in 1844. The specimen now in NMS left the MNHN at an unknown date, but probably not before 1818, and should have been examined by Vieillot. It has therefore been considered part of the type-series. For this reason, it is assumed that the NMS syntype does not double as syntype for Platycercus vulneratus Wagler 1832, in contrast to the MNHN syntypes. The type locality is erroneous (Nouvelle-Hollande), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Platycercus jonquillaceus or ‘narcissus’ ( Jobling 2017).