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Corvus frugilegus subsp. tschusii Hartert

Creators

  • 1. Department of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) American Museum of Natural History

Description

Corvus frugilegus tschusii Hartert

Corvus frugilegus tschusii Hartert, 1903d: 14 (Gilgit).

Now Corvus frugilegus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758. See Hartert, 1919: 127; Vaurie, 1954b: 17; 1959: 167; Dickinson et al., 2004b: 123; and dos Anjos, 2009: 625–626.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 674831, female, collected at Gilgit, 35.55N, 74.18E (BirdLife International, 2001: 2643), Kashmir, on 7 December 1879, by J. Scully (no. 711). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert mentioned only the type specimen, giving Scully’s number for it.

Notes

Published as part of Lecroy, Mary, 2014, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 12. Passeriformes: Ploceidae, Sturnidae, Buphagidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Corcoracidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Cnemophilidae, Paradisaeidae, And Corvidae, pp. 1-165 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (393) on pages 124-125, DOI: 10.1206/885.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4629954

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Event date
1879-12-07
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Corvus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
AMNH 674831
Order
Passeriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Hartert
Species
tschusii
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1879-12-07

References

  • Hartert, E. 1903 d. Die Vogel der Palaarktischen Fauna, vol 1, part 1: i-xii, 1 - 112. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn.
  • Hartert, E. 1919. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection. Novitates Zoologicae 26: 123 - 178.
  • Vaurie, C. 1954 b. Systematic notes on Palearctic birds. No. 5. Corvidae. American Museum Novitates 1668: 1 - 23.
  • Vaurie, C. 1959. The birds of the Palearctic fauna. Passeriformes. London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., xii + 762 pp.
  • Dickinson, E. C., et al. 2004 b. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 45. Types of the Corvidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen 350: 111 - 148.
  • dos Anjos, L. 2009. Family Corvidae (crows). Species accounts. In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D. A. Christie (editors). Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 14, Bush-shrikes to Old World sparrows: 566 - 640. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 893 pp. 51 pls., photographs.
  • BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book, Part B: 1517 - 3038. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.