Anthus arboreus lutei

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 : 52

Anthus arboreus lutei ­ gularis Brehm

Anthus arboreus lutei ­ gularis Brehm, 1856b: 339

(streicht selten durch die hiesige Gegend und wandert bis nach Egypten).

Now Anthus trivialis trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert, 1905a: 272, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 134.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 458077, adult male, collected in the Rodathal (= Roda River valley), Germany, on 11 April 1852. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Three Brehm specimens are possible syntypes of this taxon. The above specimen has the name Anthus arboreus luteigularis Brm. on the original label in Brehm’s hand. In addition, it has a Rothschild Museum label and a Rothschild type label, written in Hartert’s hand, thereby showing that he considered this specimen the type. While Hartert did not include this taxon in any of his Rothschild type lists, he did list it as a synonym of Anthus trivialis trivialis ( Hartert, 1905a: 272) .

The two additional specimens, both cataloged at AMNH as luteigularis and exchanged with ZFMK, are possible syntypes and should be examined to determine if they are labeled luteigularis by Brehm: AMNH 458078 , female, Rodathal, 20 April 1850 ; and AMNH 458079 , male, Ahlsdorf, 5 April 1822. Another specimen, AMNH 458076 , cataloged as luteigularis, was not labeled luteigularis by Brehm and is the probable type of saxorum (see below) .