Spinus crassirostris amadoni George

Spinus crassirostris amadoni George, 1964: 249 (about 20 kilometers northeast of Tarata (via Tacna-Puno road), 12,000 feet elevation, Departamento de Tacna, southern Perú).

Now Carduelis crassirostris amadoni (George, 1964) . See Howell et al., 1968: 241; Schulenberg et al., 2010: 630; and Clement, 2010: 553.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 789486, adult male, collected ca. 20 km northeast of Tarata (via Tacna-Puno road), 12,000 ft, Tacna, Peru, on 28 March 1963, by William George (no. 1995).

COMMENTS: George cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and noted that he had collected an additional eight specimens (one of which was preserved in spirits). He also included in his new subspecies three specimens collected by Dorst (1962: 433) in 1960. Paratypes in AMNH: 117 km NE Tacna, AMNH 489481, female, 6 January 1963 ; 20 km NE Tarata, AMNH 489482, 489483, 489485, 489487, 489488, three males, two females, 28 March 1963 ; 8 km N Lampa, AMNH 489484, male, 19 October 1962, all collected by W. George. AMNH 1640 (alcohol collection), male, Tarata, 28 March 1963, collected by George, is also a paratype. Tarata is at 17.28S, 70.02W (Stephens and Traylor, 1983) .