Anthus leucophrys angolensis Neumann

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 : 48

Anthus leucophrys angolensis Neumann

Anthus leucophrys angolensis Neumann, 1906: 236

(Ambaca in Angola).

Now Anthus vaalensis neumanni Meinertzhagen, 1920 .

See Meinertzhagen, 1920: 23, and Keith et al., 1992:

227.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 571377 , adult male, collected at Ambaca , 09°17′S, 15°17′E ( Chapin, 1954: 641), Angola, on 13 May 1903, by Dr. William J. Ansorge (no. 158). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann (1906: 236) stated that the type was in the Rothschild Collection, collected by Ansorge at Ambaca on 13 May 1903; the above specimen is the only Ansorge specimen with those data that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. It was listed by Hartert (1919: 169), who added Ansorge’s no. 158. Neumann did not specify how many specimens he had, but at least those collected by Ansorge in Angola in 1903 would be paratypes: AMNH 571378–571387 .

Meinertzhagen (1920: 23) proposed Anthus leucophrys neumanni as a new name for Anthus leucophrys angolensis Neumann , preoccupied by Anthus angolensis Bocage, 1870 , a synonym of Anthus chloris Lichtenstein, 1842 .