Sphecotera viridis Sphecotheres viridis Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens Jansen, Justin J. F. J. Zoosystematics and Evolution 2017 2017-11-16 93 2 467 492 B6146D85-6681-10F5-07B2-DB27D39DC8ED Vieillot Vieillot 1816 Aves Corvidae Sphecotera GBIF Animalia Sphecotera viridis Passeriformes 7 474 Chordata species viridis   Sphecotera viridisVieillot, 1816, Ana. d'unenouv. elem. orn.: 68 ( l'Australasie).  Sphecotheres viridisVieillot, 1816. See Quoy and Gaimard 1824: 103 and Lesson 1831: 351. - Now.  Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-677 [MNHN A.C. 9636], 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 Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside: (Sticker) Asie Aus.C.te Le Nat.te. Expedit. Du Capt Baudin / an 11 / Timor / Mauge(the remainder of the pedestal is faded). Pedestal label:  Sphecothere verte, ♂ / Sphectothere viridis/ Sphectotherus virescens/ Grauculus viridis , Quoy and Gaimard / de Timor, par Mauge. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-680 [MNHN A.C. 9634], 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 Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside: Pie grieche (illegible) / (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte Le Nat.te / Expedit. Du Capt.te Baudin / an 11 / Sphecothera grisca, Less / Type. Pedestal label:  Sphecothere australe/ Sphectothera/ Sphectothera australis/ Sphectothera panicollis/ Sw. / Sphectotherus grisea, Less (T.) / Lanius asturinusGeoff. St. H. (T) / Nouvelle-Hollande par Peronet Lesueur. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-681 [MNHN A.C. 9640], 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 Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside: Pie grieche (illegible) / (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte Le Nat.te / Expedit. Du Capt.te Baudin / an 11 / Sphecothera grisca, Less / Type (illegible) Sphectothere. Pedestal label:  Sphecothere verte, ♂ /  Sphectothere viridis/ Sphectotherus grisea, Less (T.) / Lanius asturnius, Geof. St H. (T) / de Timor, par Peronet Lesueur SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-698 [MNHN A.C. 9639], 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 Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside:  Sphecothere verte(Sticker) Asie Aus.C.te Le Natte. Expedit. Du Cap. Baudin / an 11 / Timor / Mauge/ (illegible) colliera Viell / Viello (illegible).Pedestal label:  Sphecothere verte, ♂, Vieill. Gal, 147 (T) / Sphectothere viridis/ Sphectotherus virescensVieill. (T.) / Grauculus viridis, Quoy et Gaimard / de Timor, par Mauge. SYNTYPE (lost). The information available for the NMS bird is Dufresne Ms 1818, 16:  Sphectothere viridis, Le Choucar vert Cuvier, Nlle Hollde, rare (Timor). Not found in 2016-2017 (Bob McGowan in litt.).  Comments. Vieillot did not mention the number of specimens he examined or from which collection. These were the only specimens in the MNHN until one arrived via Maison Verreaux (Natural History merchants from Paris) in 1830 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). A specimen in the NMS could have been examined by Vieillot and is therefore designated as a type-specimen. Another Baudin expedition specimen, present in NMW (NMW 52.648) had already arrived by 1806 and is not part of the type-series as it was not examined by Vieillot. The same applies for the bird documented in Temminck (1803-04: 27) and Temminck (1807: 50 and 204, no 320). Unfortunately, the Leiden specimen could not be checked due to the closure of the collection between 2016-2019. The syntypeslisted above, except the NMS-syntype, also represent the type material of  Sphecothera griseaLesson 1830 and  Lanius asturinusLesson 1830. The type locality is erroneous ( l'Australasie), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot, named this species  Sphectothere viridisor 'green'( Jobling 2017).