Fringilla tricolor 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 : 480

Fringilla tricolor Vieillot

Fringilla tricolor Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Dict. Nat. éd. 12: 233 (Timor).

Erythrura tricolor Now: Erythrura tricolor (Vieillot, 1817). - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-509 [MNHN A.C. 6584], 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: Erythrura tricolor / Mr Maugé ♂ (V.) / Timor / acq. Temminck. Pedestal label: Erythrura tricolor / V. / M. Maugé Timor.

Comments.

The number of specimens was not specified by Vieillot, but he does mention a difference between the male and female. There was only one specimen noted in the inventory catalogue (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3) until another bird was donated by Temminck in 1841. The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Erythrura tricolor or ‘tricoloured’ ( Jobling 2017).