Anthus poecilopterus Wied, 1830: 633

LECROY, MARY & SLOSS, RICHARD, 2000, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 3. Passeriformes: Eurylaimidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Furnariidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae, And Rhinocryptidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (257), pp. 1-88 : 16

Anthus poecilopterus Wied, 1830: 633 (inneren Campos

Geraës von Brasilien).

Now Geobates poecilopterus (Wied, 1830) . See Sick,

1997: 564.

SYNTYPES: AMNH nos. 308881, male, and 308882, female juv., collected in interior “Campos Geraës” of Brazil, by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. From the Maximilian Collection.

COMMENTS: In his original paper on the Maximilian types, Allen (1889b: 214) was not able to find this species; however, later he found and discussed the syntypes (Allen, 1891a: 201). At that time, the original labels were present; now the only labels are the printed Maximilian Collection label and the type label.

Allen gave data from the now-missing labels: “The two birds agree respectively with Wied’s ‘Beschreibung des männlichen Vogels,’ and with that designated as ‘Weibchen, welches noch jung schien,’ the latter being distinguished by having the feathers of the upper parts edged with pale reddish (‘hell röthliche’). The birds are labeled with a small paper tag as follows: ‘No. 393, Fem. 393 Mas. J.,’ although in the ‘Beiträge’ the sexes are reversed. A larger label (on ordinary writing paper, about 13 /4 by 21 / 3 inches in size, and apparently the original field label), covering both specimens, is inscribed, on one side ‘Ist mein Anthus poecilopterus , ’ the first two words being in German script. On the reverse, also in German script, is the following: ‘Ein junge Vogel aus dem ich nicht zu machen weiss. Selbs der genus ist schwer zu bestimmen. Am besten Möchte er zu Myiothera stemmen. Aber im ausgefiederten zustand könnte es auch ein Anthus sein.’ ”

Paynter and Traylor (1991: 255) equated Campos Geraës with Serra Geral, 15°25′S, 42°48′W, on the Minas Gerais / Bahia border.

Vaurie (1980: 12) merged Geobates into Geositta .