Spilocorydon hypermetrus Reichenow, 1879d: 155

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 31

Spilocorydon hypermetrus Reichenow, 1879d: 155 .

Now: Mirafra hypermetra hypermetra (Reichenow, 1879) . See Mayr & Greenway (1960: 9).

Holotype (missing): ZMB 24259 (B 15709, Fischer no. 361), male, collected at Kibaradja, [23.10.1878].

Type locality: Kibaradja [Kibaradja, Tana River County, Kenya], from the original description and locality of the holotype .

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one specimen and the locality “Kibaradja” were given. Fischer & Reichenow (1879: 354) listed for this species no. 361 and Kibardja as locality, so this specimen is regarded as the holotype for this species. ZMB 24259 has been known to be lost since at least 1950 when Stresemann and Meise collected information concerning type specimens in the ornithological collection in Berlin. It was probably destroyed during World War II. As ZMB 24259 is a male from Kibaradja and arrived in Berlin in 1879, it is regarded as Fischer no. 361. Fischer (1884) listed additional specimens for Spilocorydon hypermetrus with the collecting numbers 765 (ZMB 27490, male, Sigirari, 02.04.1883, now determined as M. africana athi Hartert, E.J.O. ), 686 (ZMB 27491, male, Pangani 28.02.1883) and 814 (male, “Naiwascha See ”, 21.05.1883, missing). All these specimens were collected in 1883 and cannot be considered types for this species as they were collected after publication of the original description, and their localities differ from those given in the description.