Platyrhynchos rufiventris Vieillot, 1816

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

Platyrhynchos rufiventris Vieillot

Platyrhynchos rufiventris Vieillot, 1818, Nouv. Dict. Nat. éd. 27: 21-22 (Nouvelle-Hollande).

Rhipidura rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818). See Mayr and Traylor 1986: 538. - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2013-1149 [MNHN A.C. 9417], adult, 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: Asie / australe / Timor / Cvtte l. Naturaliste / ( Péron) Exp. Baudin / 9417 an 11 / Rhipidura / Rhipidura rufiventris / V. Pedestal label: Rhipidura rufiventris / Type (Vieill.) / Exp. Baudin Timor

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2013-1156 [MNHN A.C. 9418], adult, 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 / Péron et Lesueur / 9418 / Rhipidura rufiventris / Less. Type V. Pedestal label: Rhipidura rufiventris / Type (Vieill.) / Exp. Baudin Timor.

Comments.

Vieillot did not specify how many specimens were in the MNHN. The only two specimens that entered the registration book (drafted roughly by 1854) are those described above (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is erroneous (Nouvelle-Hollande), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species rufiventer or 'red belly’ ( Jobling 2017).