Coereba guianensis roraimae Chapman

Coereba guianensis roraimae Chapman, 1929: 6 (Arabupu, 4200 ft, Mt. Roraima, Venezuela).

Now Coereba flaveola roraimae Chapman, 1929 . See Lowery and Monroe, 1968: 92–93; Dickinson, 2003: 776; and Hilty, 2011: 328–329.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 237272, adult male, collected at Arabopó (5 Arabupu), 4200 ft, 05.06N, 60.44W (Paynter, 1982), Mount Roraima, Venezuela, on 29 December 1927, by T. Donald Carter on the Lee Garnett Day Expedition.

COMMENTS: Chapman cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed the specimens he examined. Paratypes are: Paulo, AMNH 237269, 237270, males, 30 October and 29 October 1927, respectively; Arabopó, AMNH 237271, male, 27 December 1927, AMNH 237273, male, 2 January 1928, AMNH 237274, female, 4 January 1928, all collected by Carter.

DREPANIDIDAE

Lerner et al. (2011) have published a phylogeny of Drepanididae based on an analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, and Zuccon et al. (2012) have published a study of the phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of Fringillidae, including the Drepanididae .