Ardea timoriensis Cuvier

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 471

Ardea timoriensis Cuvier

Ardea timoriensis Cuvier, 1831, in Lesson 1831, Traité d’Orn. 8: 575 (Timor).

Ardea alba modesta (J. E. Gray, 1831). See Lesson 1831: 575. - Now.

Type materials.

‘type’ (lost). At least one specimen was collected near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E) between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé ( Lesson 1831: 575).

Comments.

Cuvier did not mention how many specimens he examined for his description. He did mention, however, that it originated from Timor with Lesueur as the source. It could not be traced in the MNHN acquisition books and neither was Ardea timoriensis registered. It can therefore be concluded that the Baudin expedition bird left the MNHN before 1854. Cuvier named this species Ardea timoriensis or 'from Timor, Dutch East Indies’ ( Jobling 2017). A solution for this special case should be found in the future (e.g. type-specimen and type-locality).