Acanthis carduelis africanus Hartert

Acanthis carduelis africanus Hartert, 1903: 69 (Mhoiwla bei Mazagan in Marokko).

Now Carduelis carduelis parva Tschusi, 1901 . See Hartert, 1919a: 156; Vaurie, 1959: 608; Thévenot et al., 2003: 432–434; Dickinson, 2003: 751; Fry and Keith, 2004: 541–543; and Clement, 2010: 561–562.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 710336, adult male, collected at Mhoiwla, near Mazagan, 33.15N, 08.30W (Thévenot et al., 2003), Morocco, on 1 February 1902, by F.W. Riggenbach (no. 78).

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert cited Riggenbach’s no. 78 for the holotype and said that he had 17 specimens collected by Riggenbach and himself in Morocco, five from Tunis, one from Aguilas, Spain, and others from Algiers. The following paratypes, collected prior to 1903, came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection: Mhoiwla, AMNH 710337–710341, five males, February and May 1902, by Riggenbach, AMNH 710345, female, 8 April 1901, by Hartert; Tunis, AMNH 710391, sex?, 19 April 1858, from the Jardine Collection. Spain, Alguilas, AMNH 710326, male, 3 February 1898, Gray Coll .

See Hartert (1902c: 310–322; 1902d: 322– 339) for an account of his trip.