Crithagra dorsostriata Reichenow, 1887: 72

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 57

Crithagra dorsostriata Reichenow, 1887: 72 .

Now: Crithagra dorsostriata Reichenow, 1887 . See White (1963: 109), but see Blake et al. (1968: 221).

Syntype: ZMB 2000.32536 (Fischer no. 153) , skin, male, collected at “Kagehi (Massailand)”, [23.11.1885] (male to ZMB 2000.32537 ) .

Syntype: ZMB 2000.32537 (Fischer no. 184), skin, female, collected at “Kagehi (Massailand)”, [04.12.1885] .

Syntype: ZMB 2000.32538 (Fischer no. 84), skin, male, juvenile, collected in “Wembaere”, [26.10.1885] .

Syntype (missing): collected in “Niansa” [ Lake Victoria , Kenya / Tanzania], [15.11.1885] .

Syntype (missing): collected at Schasche, [25.01.1886].

Type locality: “Kagehi”, “Wembaere”, “Niansa” and Schasche, the localities of the syntypes.

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for more than one individual were given, and different localities and dates for five collected specimens were listed, so all five are regarded as syntypes. The whereabouts of specimens from “Niansa” (Lake Victoria) and (Mt.) Schasche are unknown. All specimens of this species in the ZMB collection have Fischer’s original labels with the determination “ Crithagra ”, to which Reichenow evidently added “ dorsostriata ”. Sclater (1930: 815) mentioned for Crithagra dorsostriata Reichenow, 1887 “type in Berlin museum, Wembere”. However, this was not accepted as valid designation of a lectotype in the sense of ICZN (1999), as it was unclear that the specimen had been chosen from the series as given in the original description.