Coracina papuensis perpallida Rothschild and Hartert

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 : 63-64

Coracina papuensis perpallida Rothschild and Hartert

Coracina papuensis perpallida Rothschild and Hartert, 1916: 290 (Bougainville).

Now Coracina papuensis perpallida Rothschild and Hartert, 1916 . See Coates, 1990: 38, and Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 389.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 561438 , adult female, collected on Bougainville Island , 06°12′S, 155°15′E ( Seltzer, 1962: 253), North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea, on 6 May 1904, by Albert S. Meek (no. A1739). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Rothschild and Hartert (1916: 291) cited Meek’s field number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range of this taxon as Bougainville, Choiseul, Isabel, and Florida islands. There are 19 paratypes from these localities, AMNH 561439–561457, that were collected prior to the publication date and came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection.