Criniger sylvicultor Neave

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 : 85

Criniger sylvicultor Neave

Criniger sylvicultor Neave, 1909: 130 (Katanga).

Now Phyllastrephus cabanisi cabanisi (Sharpe, 1881) . See Rand and Deignan, 1960: 269, and Keith et al., 1992: 335.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 566929, adult female, collected on the Bunkeya River, Katanga Prov., Congo (Kinshasa), on 10 September 1907, by S.A. Neave (no. 363). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In his original description, Neave (1909: 130) did not designate a type or say how many specimens he had. Later, Neave (1910: 133) listed eight specimens with their field numbers, of which the above specimen (marked ‘‘cotype’’) is one. The altitude was published as 3000 ft, but is given on the original label as 3450 ft. There are three male syntypes in BMNH ( Warren and Harrison, 1971: 548).

Coordinates of the village of Bunkeya are 10°22′S, 27°01′E (Times Atlas). This specimen was not listed by Hartert in any of his Rothschild type lists and had not previously been included in the AMNH type collection.