Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855)

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 : 527-528

Graculus neglectus Wahlberg, 1855: 214 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Ad insulas orae occidentalis Africae meridionalis , ut Possession, Halifax, Ichaboe & c. sat frequens. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855/1856?); Phalacrocoracidae ( Dickinson & Remsen 2013: 197) .

TYPE MATERIAL: From Wahlberg’s original description (1855: 214) it is obvious that he had several specimens (“ sat frequens ”) of both sexes and at different ages for study. AccordingtoSundevall’sacquisitioncatalogueseven specimenswerereceivedin1857 from South Africa after Wahlberg’s death. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 96) referred to NRM 569893 [11817] as “type”, here treated as a lectotype designation of this male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island. The six paralectotypes are: NRM 90101844 [11815], a male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island; NRM 536788 [11818], a mount of a juvenile male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island; NRM 90101846 [11819], a juvenile female collected 4 Apr 1854 on Penguin Island; NRM 90200198 [11820], a juvenile female collected 4 Apr 1854 on Penguin Island; NRM 554496 [11821], a pullus collected 11 Apr 1854 on Ichaboe Island; and UMB 9678 [11816], a male, data unknown, sent on exchange to Bremen in 1858.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Ichaboe Island , Namibia .

COMMENTS: Locality and date appear to be correct.