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Propyrrhula subhimachala subsp. intensior Rothschild

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Propyrrhula subhimachala intensior Rothschild

Propyrrhula subhimachala intensior Rothschild, 1922: 12 (Lichiang Range).

Now Propyrrhula subhimachala (Hodgson, 1836). See Hartert, 1928: 197–198; Vaurie, 1956b: 36– 37; Vaurie, 1959: 656; Howell et al., 1968: 286; LeCroy and Dickinson, 2001: 192–193; Dickinson, 2003: 755; Rasmusson and Anderton, 2005: 568; and Clement, 2010: 599.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 714820, [male], collected in the Lichiang Range, northwestern Yunnan, China (no date), by George Forrest. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, the only data given by Rothschild for the type was that it was an undated specimen from the Lichiang Range collected by Forrest. While the specimen label is undated, it is apparently the specimen referred to earlier by Rothschild (1921: 61), who declined to name a new subspecies based on a single molting specimen; there it was said to have been collected in 1918 and was part of a collection made by Forrest for botanist Stephenson Clarke, whose label remains on the type. Rothschild (1922) received another collection made by Forrest in 1921 and named new forms included in that collection, as well as a few collected earlier. When he reported on the entire 1921 collection (Rothschild, 1923: 53), he listed one adult male and three immature males from the Lichiang Range, collected in November 1921, and two females collected on the Mekong-Salwin Divide in September 1921. He listed separately the type from the Lichiang Range in the Rothschild Museum. AMNH 714820 is in heavy wing molt and on the Clarke label is unsexed and undated; it bears a Rothschild Collection label marked ‘‘Type’’ and a Rothschild type label and is undoubtedly the holotype (LeCroy and Dickinson, 2001: 192–193). Of the six paratypes, two from the Lichiang Range are in AMNH: AMNH 714821 (Forrest no. 907), immature male, 10 December 1921; and AMNH 714822 (905), imature male?, 23 November 1921. The remaining four paratypes are in BMNH (LeCroy and Dickinson, 2001: 192–193).

Most recent authors do not recognize intensior; the species subhimachala is placed by some authors in the genus Pinicola (Howell et al., 1968: 286; Dickinson, 2003: 755) and retained by others in the genus Propyrrhula (Vaurie, 1959: 656; Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005: 568; Clement, 2010: 599).

Notes

Published as part of LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, pp. 1-155 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381) on page 75, DOI: 10.1206/832.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4611863

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Genus
Propyrrhula
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
AMNH 714820
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Rothschild
Species
intensior
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype

References

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  • Hartert, E. 1928. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. C. Additional and overlooked types. Novitates Zoologicae 34: 189 - 230.
  • Vaurie, C. 1956 b. Systematic notes on Palearctic birds. No. 20. Fringillidae: the genera Leucosticte, Rhodopechys, Carpodacus, Pinicola, Loxia, Uragus, Urocynchramus, and Propyrrhula. American Museum Novitates 1786: 1 - 37.
  • Vaurie, C. 1959. The birds of the Palearctic fauna. Passeriformes. London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., xii + 762 pp.
  • Howell, T. R. [New World]., R. A. Paynter, Jr. [Eurasian], and A. L. Rand [African]. 1968. Subfamily Carduelinae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 14: 207 - 306. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 433 pp.
  • LeCroy, M., and E. C. Dickinson. 2001. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 17. Types of birds collected in Yunnan by George Forrest and described by Walter Rothschild. Zoologische Verhandelingen 335: 183 - 198.
  • Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world, 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.
  • Rothschild, W. 1921. On a collection of birds from west-central and north-western Yunnan. Novitates Zoologicae 28: 14 - 67.
  • Rothschild, W. 1923. On a second collection sent by Mr. George Forrest from N. W. Yunnan. Novitates Zoologicae 30: 33 - 58.
  • Dickinson, E. C. 2001. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 9. The '' Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees' ' of Temminck & Laugier (1820 - 1839). Zoologische Verhandelingen 335: 7 - 53.
  • Rasmussen, P. G., and J. C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide, vol. 2: attributes and status. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 683 pp.