Anthus richardi albidus Stresemann

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 44

Anthus richardi albidus Stresemann

Anthus richardi albidus Stresemann, 1912: 316 (Süd­

Flores)

Now Anthus rufulus albidus Stresemann, 1912 . See

White and Bruce, 1986: 383, Sibley and Monroe,

1990: 676, and Coates et al., 1997: 397.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 572009 , adult male, collected on southern Flores Island, Indonesia, in October 1896, by a native collector for Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Stresemann (1912: 316) listed the type as a male in the Rothschild Collection with the above data. This is the only male in AMNH collected by Everett on Flores. Stresemann had 17 examples from Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and Sumba. Thirteen of those specimens, including the holotype, came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. Paratypes are AMNH 571998– 572008 and 572010.

Sibley and Monroe (1990: 676) included forms breeding in the Lesser Sundas in rufulus , an allospecies in the superspecies Anthus novaeseelandiae , whereas White and Bruce (1986: 383) and Coates et al. (1997: 397) included these forms in the species Anthus novaeseelandiae , sensu lato.