Coturnix excalfactoria Temminck

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 : 469

Coturnix excalfactoria Temminck

Coturnix excalfactoria Temminck, 1815, Hist. nat. Gen. des Pig. Liv. 3 - 516 (Batavia, Timor, Moluques, Manilla, Luçon, China, Sumatra).

Synoicus chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus 1766). - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-468 [MNHN A.C. 12653], adult female, collected 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: 1 -- (Sticker) Asie Australe Cvte Le Natte / Expedit. du Captne Baudin / an 11 / 115 / (illegible). 2. -- Coturnix excalfactoria / ♀ Tem / Tet. Chinensis L. / Perd. Synoicus Chinensis / P. Manillensis Lath. / Excalfactoria Synoicus chinensis / Timor / 12653 / 417 / (illegible) T. manillensis . Pedestal label: Excalfactoria chinensis / (L.) / Exp. Baudin Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-467 [MNHN A.C. 12647], adult male, collected 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: No 171 Péron Maugé / Cap Baudin / an 11 / Le Naturaliste / 12647 / Excalfactoria chinensis / Timor / Coturnix Synoicus chinensis Lath. Pedestal label: Excalfactoria chinensis / (L.) / Exp. Baudin Timor.

Comments.

Many individuals were examined by Temminck, including birds from Batavia (Java), Moluccas, Timor, Manilla, Luçon and from China. The Timorese specimens were catalogued around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4), and for a long time represented the sole specimens in MNHN, to be followed by a bird from Batavia by Pierre-Médard Diard which arrived in 1821. One of the type localities (Timor), is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Temminck named this species Coturnix excalfactoria or 'warming, heating’ ( Jobling 2017).