Fringilla guttata 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 : 479-480

Fringilla guttata Vieillot

Fringilla guttata Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Dict. Nat. éd. 12: 233 ( îles Moluques).

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817). See Lesson 1831: 446 and Blake et al. 1968: 358. - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-506 [MNHN A.C. 6548], 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: Taeniopygia insularis / (Wall) / Maugé / M. Maugé / an 11 Timor / Exp. du Cne Baudin. Pedestal label: Taeniopygia insularis / (Wall.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-507 [MNHN A.C. 6549], immature 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: Taeniopygia / Taeniopygia insularis (Wall) / Maugé / Timor / an 11 / Exp. du Capne / Baudin. Pedestal label: Taeniopygia insularis / (Wall.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-508 [MNHN A.C. 6550], 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: Taeniopygia / Taeniopygia insularis (Wall.) / Exped. du Maugé / Cne Baudin Timor / an 11. Pedestal label: Taeniopygia insularis / (Wall.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-510 [MNHN A.C. 6551], 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: Taeniopygia / Taeniopygia insularis (Wall.) / Maugé Timor / an 11 / Exp. Cne / Baudin. Pedestal label: Taeniopygia insularis / (Wall.) / M. Maugé Timor.

SYNTYPE: NMW 52.401 [NMW 1815.XXXVII.240a], 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 label: 1815 XXXVII 24 / Amadina castanotis Gould fem. / Von Lalande gekft / Molukken / 305.

SYNTYPE (lost). The information available for the NMS bird is Dufresne Ms 1818, 61: Fringilla guttata , Le bengali moucheté, male, V. Dict. D.h. n. t. 12, p 233. Not found in 2016-2017 (Bob McGowan in litt.).

SYNTYPE (lost). The information available for the NMS bird is Dufresne Ms 1818, 61: Fringilla guttata , Le bengali moucheté, femelle, V. Dict. D.h. n. t. 12, p 233. Not found in 2016-2017 (Bob McGowan in litt.).

Comments.

The number of specimens is not mentioned by Vieillot, but the descriptions of a male, female and first year birds indicate multiple specimens. The four Baudin expedition birds are the only specimens that had entered the registration books around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The other three specimens (NMW + NMS) were also examined by Vieillot. The type locality is erroneous ( îles Moluques), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Fringilla guttata or ‘spotted/speckled’ ( Jobling 2017).