Passer hispaniolensis subsp. maltae Hartert
Creators
- 1. Department of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) American Museum of Natural History
Description
Passer hispaniolensis maltae Hartert
Passer hispaniolensis maltae Hartert, 1902a: 332 (Malta).
Now considered a hybrid between Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817) and P. hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820). See Hartert, 1919: 159; Meise, 1936: 666–667; Vaurie, 1956: 1–7; 1959: 569; Summers-Smith, 1988: 163; Dickinson, 2003: 716; and Summers-Smith, 2009: 794–795.
LECTOTYPE: AMNH 719010, adult male, collected on Malta Island, in May 1861, by Charles Wright (No. 4). From the Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS: Hartert did not designate a holotype in the original description; by listing Wright’s specimen No. 4 as the type, Hartert (1919: 159) later designated it the lectotype of Passer hispaniolensis maltae. Hartert (1902a: 332) based his description on 34 adult males, 32 of which came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. The 31 paralectotypes in AMNH are: AMNH 718979–718982, 718985–718993, 718996–719009, and 719011– 719014. Six of these bear Jardine labels and five of them have Jardine sale numbers in red on the reverse of the label; these probably came to Rothschild from Edward Bartlett (see Hartert, 1919: 159). The remainder came directly to Rothschild from the collectors Wright and Adams, who were collecting on Malta in 1860–1861.
The relationship of the Malta specimens to P. domesticus, P. italiae, and P. hispaniolensis, and of these species to each other, has been much discussed in the literature. The most recent treatment (Summers-Smith, 2009: 794– 795) considered the three to be separate species and maltae a hybrid population between P. italiae and P. h. hispaniolensis.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AMNH
- Family
- Passeridae
- Genus
- Passer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- AMNH 719010
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Hartert
- Species
- maltae
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Type status
- lectotype
References
- Hartert, E. 1902 a. Aus den Wanderjaren eines Naturforschers. IV. Abschnitt. Fruhlongsausflug nach Marokko und Tenerife. II. Kapitel. Mazagan im mittleren Marokko. Novitates Zoologicae 9: 322 - 339.
- Vieillot, L. P. 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, vol. VIII. Paris: Chez Deterville, 602 pp.
- Hartert, E. 1919. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection. Novitates Zoologicae 26: 123 - 178.
- Meise, W. 1936. Zur Systematik und Verbreitungsgeschichte der Haus- und Weidensperlinge, Passer domesticus (L.) und hispaniolensis (T.). Journal fur Ornithologie 84: 631 - 672.
- Vaurie, C. 1956. Systematic notes on Palearctic birds. No. 24. Ploceidae: the genera Passer, Petronia, and Montifringilla. American Museum Novitates 1814: 1 - 27.
- Vaurie, C. 1959. The birds of the Palearctic fauna. Passeriformes. London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., xii + 762 pp.
- Summers-Smith, J. D. 1988. The sparrows. A study of the genus Passer. Calton, England: T. & A. D. Poyser, 342 pp, 8 pls.
- Dickinson, E. C. 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world, 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.
- Summers-Smith, J. D. 2009. Family Passeridae (Old World Sparrows), species accounts. In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D. Christie (editors). Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 14, Bush shrikes to Old World sparrows: 793 - 813. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 893 pp, 51 pls., photographs.