Bradyornis vittatus Sundevall, 1850: 106

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 553-554

Bradyornis vittatus Sundevall, 1850: 106 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Ex Caffr. proprie s. d. multa specimena allata ”.

CURRENT STATUS: Sigelus silens silens (Shaw 1809) ; Muscicapidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 590) . Implicitly includes vittatus (Sundevall) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description (1850: 106), gave measurements for both male and female and stated that he had several specimens at hand (“ multa specimina allata ”). According to his acquisition catalogue he had five specimens, identified as “ Bradyornis sp. vittatus ” (but later amended to “ taeniopter ” in his handwriting). Gyldenstolpe (1926: 63) referred to NRM 568760 [6854] as a “type” and later in the text also “ought to be regarded as the type”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this juvenile male collected 4 July 1840 in Durban. The four paralectotypes are: NRM 554256 [6856], an adult female collected 18 April 1840 in Durban; NRM 537793 [6855], a mounted juvenile male collected 19 April 1840 in Durban; RMNH. AVES.139782 [6853] a male (female according to RMNH database) collected 12 May 1840 in Port Natal, sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850; and a skin of uncertain sex (according to Wahlberg via Sundevall’s catalogue) [6857], collected 24 May 1840 in Durban and sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (still present in the ZMB database, but without a date and with the collector given as Sundevall).

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: There are no journal entries for this date. Wahlberg was in Durban from March to early October 1840.