Lagonosticta senegala abayensis Neumann

Lagonosticta senegala abayensis Neumann, 1905: 349 (Giditscho im Abaya-See).

Now Lagonosticta senegala brunneiceps Sharpe, 1890 . See Hartert, 1919a: 147; Wolters, 1958: 204–207; Mayr et al., 1968: 327; Dickinson, 2003: 729; Fry and Keith, 2004: 360–364; Ash and Atkins, 2009: 348; and Payne, 2010: 337– 338.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 451152, adult male, collected on Gidicho (5 Giditscho) Island, 06.25N, 37.54E (Ash and Atkins, 2009: 411), Lake Abay (5 Abaya), Ethiopia, on 27 December 1900, by Oscar Neumann (no. 502). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann cited his unique field number for the holotype in the original description and did not mention other specimens. He included his specimens from Gelo in brunneiceps, of which his abayensis is now considered a synonym.