Dicaeum Maugei Lesson

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 : 475

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scientific name	Dicaeum Maugei Lesson
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Treatment

Dicaeum Maugei Lesson, 1830, Traité d’Orn. 4: 303 (Timor).

Dicaeum maugei (Lesson, 1830). - Now.

Type materials.

HOLOTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-633 [MNHN A.C. 10423], adult female, 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: Timor / par M. Maugé / Dicaeum maugei / type (Less.) / 10423. Pedestal label: Dicaeeum hirundinaceum / (Shaw) / Exp. Baudin Australie

Comments.

Lesson did not say how many specimens he examined, only refering to a female collected by Maugé. This female was the sole specimen from the Baudin expedition that entered the registration book around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4) as can be seen from the original description. There was also one other bird, collected by Labillardière in Tasmania which arrived between 1816-1818. The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Lesson commemorated Maugé in the species’ name.