Estrilda incana Sundevall, 1850: 98

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 535

Estrilda incana Sundevall, 1850: 98 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria inferiore. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Estrilda perreini incana Sundevall, 1850 ; Estrildidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 293) [includes poliogastra (Reichenow, 1886)].

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 98) gives no indication that his original description was based on more than one specimen. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue the actual type series consisted of six specimens. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 10) referred to NRM 568693 [6127] as a “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 26 April 1840 in Durban. The five paralectotypes are: NRM 523061 [6128], a mounted female collected 26 April 1840 in Durban; NRM 545587 [6129], an unsexed juvenile collected 26 April 1840 in Durban; NRM 545586 [6324], a female collected 4 August 1840 (label) or 20 February 1841 (old catalogue) in Durban; a male [6323], probably collected 20 Feb 1841 in Durban, sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850; and a juvenile [6325] with uncertain data, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB collection).

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: Date and place agree with the journal entries.