Erythrospiza githaginea amantum Hartert

Erythrospiza githaginea amantum Hartert, 1903: 89 (Oliva, Fuertaventura) .

Now Bucanetes githagineus amantum (Hartert, 1903) . See Hartert, 1919: 158; Vaurie, 1956: 3– 5; Vaurie, 1959: 626–627; Howell et al., 1968: 263; Dickinson, 2003: 753; and Clement, 2010: 578.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 712386, adult male, collected at Oliva, 28.36N, 13.53W (Times atlas), Fuerteventura (5 Fuertaventura) Island, Canary Islands, on 22 March 1899, by Ramon Gomez (no. 1211).

COMMENTS: Hartert cited Gomez’s number of the holotype in the original description. He gave wing measurements for multiple males, giving no total number, and said that amantum occurred on Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and Gran Canaria islands. The

followiing specimens in AMNH, collected before the publication of amantum in May 1903, are considered paratypes: AMNH 712387, 712388, 712390, 712391, 712398, two males and three females, collected at Oliva, Fuerteventura Island, 4–18 March 1889, by Gomez ; AMNH 712402, male, collected on Lanzarote Island, on 24 March 1902 by Polatzek .