Type specimens in the bird collections of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn

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Bonn zoological Bulletin Volume 59 pp. 29-77 Bonn, December 20
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Type specimens in the bird collections of the
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
Renate van den Elzen
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-531 13 Bonn, Germany;
E-mail: r.elzen.zfmk(o)uni-bonn.de.
INTRODUCTION
Primary types play an important role as name-bearing of the ZFMK, Alexander Koenig, proposed eight new
specimens (ICZN, 1999) in the context of correctly ad- names for birds, ofwhich five are still recognized names
dressing the whole spectrum ofbiodiversity. Names and ofbird species or subspecies today (Dickinson 2003).
thus taxonomy are the first step to identify and arrange
the diversity ofspecies in appropriate order. The impor- The taxapresented inthe checklist include all name-bear-
tanceoftype specimens requires thatthe infonnation about ing types, without evaluating theirpresent acceptance. So
types should be made globally available. This was the we list not only currently recognized taxa, but also syn-
main objective to presentthis checklist ofsyntypes, holo- onyms, regardless whether these are objective or subjec-
types, lectotypes andparatypes (includingparalectotypes) tive synonyms. The sequence of families follows the
deposited in the skin collections ofthe ZFMK. A previ- Howard and Moore Checklist (Dickinson 2003).Also cur-
ous listoftypes inthe ZFMK (Rheinwald & van den Elzen rent names were added as a service as in some cases the
1984) can be seen as a first step. The list is outdated, in- originalnames cannotbe assignedto current scientific bird
complete andwritten in German only. Moreover, with the names without some difficulty Current names follow
progress ofthe digital catalogue ofbird type specimens Dickinson (2003), but could not be applied with certain-
in German research collections under GIBF-D-Vertebra- ty to all names proposed, as e.g. several ofKleinschmidfs
ta(van denElzen et al. 2005) andthe increase ofnetwork- taxon names are not listed in any fonunners ofthe Howard
ingbetween ornithological collections, several type series and Moore Checklist (Dickinson 2003), e.g. Peters
were foundto be spreadoverdifferentcollections andthis Checklist (Mayr & Cottrell, 1979, 1986, Mayr & Green-
valuable information on whereabouts oftype specimens way 1960, 1962, Mayr & Paynter 1964, Paynter 1967,
is added here. Also the new ICZN with its stricter rules 1968, 1970, Peters 1931-1951, Traylor 1979), Hartert
was appliedto the formertype list and helpful suggestions (1910-1932) or other sources.
from colleagues improved the revised version. The new
catalogue thus offers the state ofknowledge oftoday. It
makes no claim to be complete or free oferrors, but it is
thought to be a starting point for further discussions, ad- Abbreviations for Museum collections used:
ditions or amendments and other suggestions towards a
global registerofscientific birdnames andthe collections AMNH = American Museum of Natural History, New
holding bird types. York, New York, U.S.A.
BMNH = Natural History Museum, Tring (= British Mu-
Since the previous version ofthe ZFMK bird type cata- seum (Natural History), U.K.
logue 13 new taxa were added. The type checklist com- CNHM = Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago,
prises today 322 primary names, 137 holotypes, 47 syn- U.S.A.
types and 95 lectotypes, as well as about 989 para- and DMD = Durban Museum, Durban, R.S.A.
paralectotypes. A multitude ofnew names was proposed MCZ = Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
by O. Kleinschmidt (and coauthors; 121), whose Collec- MfN = Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany (=
tion (Coll. Kl.) was sold to the ZFMK in 1935. Several ZMB)
other collections (of Harms, von Jordans, Dernedde, MHN = Museo de Historia Natural "JavierPrado", Lima,
ZFMK
Schiebel or Martens) were handed to the between Peru
1940 and 2006. These collections also included type ma- MTKD = see SNS
NHMW
terialthat is considered here.And lastnot least the founder = Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
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RSM = Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, U.K. Alectoris rufa laubmanni Jordans, 1928
SMF = Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt/Main, Novit Zool 34: 306.
Germany
SMNS = Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart Holotype: ZFMK L.III.9.c3.a., male, Arta, Majorca,
SNS = Senckenbergische Naturkundliche Sammlungen, 03.04.1921, leg. A. von Jordans, No 2918.
Dresden
UMB = Uberseemuseum, Bremen, Germany Paratypes: ZFMK L.in.9.c3.p\, male, Arta, Majorca,
ZMB = see MfN 31.03.1921; ZFMK L.III.9.c3.y., male, Salinas, Majorca,
ZMH = Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Germany 03. 05. 1927; ZFMKL.III.9.c3.8, female, Salinas, Majorca,
ZFMK = Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander 03. 05. 1927; ZFMK L.III.9.c3.e, male, Salinas, Majorca,
Koenig, Bonn, Germany 03. 05. 1927; ZFMKL.III.9. c3 male, Salinas, Majorca,
.
ZSM = Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany 19. 05. 1927; ZFMK L.III.9.C3 female, 19.05.1927, Sali-
.
nas, Majorca, all leg. A. von Jordans. -Dickinson (2003):
Alectoris rufa intercedens (A. E. Brehm, 1857).
CHECKLIST OF TYPE SPECIMENS
TINAMIDAE Francolinus coqui hoeschianus Stresemann, 1937
Orn Monatsber 45: 66.
ZFMK
Nothoproctapentlandi niethammeri Koepcke, 1968 Paratype: 39.250, male, Waterberg-Plateau,
Bonn zool Beitr 19: 231. Namibia, 18.09.1936, leg. Hoesch No 628.
Paratype: ZFMK 68.2060, male, Lomas ofLachay, ca. 90 Holotype: MfN, Berlin (No 36.206) male, Otjosongombe,
km N ofLima, Peru. Captured as a chick, prepared as a Waterberg-Plateau, Namibia, 03.07.1936, leg Hoesch.
nine month old bird, 25.07.1960, leg. Montesa. Original
No Kp 1883 a, MHN Ora. 1117; Three more paratypes probably also in MfN, Berlin. -
Dickinson (2003): Francolinus coqui coqui (A. Smith,
Otherparatypes: Kp 1883 c, MHN Orn 2533, female, Lo- 1836).
mas ofLachay, 90 km north Lima, Peru; Kp 1883 d, male,
in 1968 in the zoological Garden Perque de las Leyndas,
MHN
Lima; Holotype: Kp. 1883 b, Orn. 2534, male, Lo- Francolinus hartlaubi crypticus Stresemann, 1939
mas of Lachay, 90 km north Lima, Peru, in the MHN Orn Monatsber 47: 62.
Javier Prado, Lima. - Dickinson (2003): Nothoprocta
ZFMK
pentlandii niethammeri. Paratype: 39.967, female, Onguati, Kaokoveld,
Namibia, 03.09.1938, leg. Hoesch, No 1363.
PHASIANIDAE Holotype at the MfN, Berlin (No 38.1343) - t. t. as
paratype; describedfrom a series ofsix specimens. -Dick-
inson (2003): Francolinus hartlaubi crypticus.
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Perdixgalliae Bacmeister Kleinschmidt, 1918
J Omithol 66: 255.
Francolinus gariepensis stresemanni Hoesch & Niet-
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 8231, male, Aussonce, E France, hammer, 1940
22.01.1917, leg. Monnard, ex Coll. Bacmeister; J Ornithol 88, special issue: 89.
ZFMK
Paralectotypes: Coll. Kl. 8232 male, Thugny,Arrondisse- Paratype: 39.966, female, Kakatswa, Namibia,
ment de Rethel, E France, 02.12.1916, leg. Rust; Coll. Kl. 22.08.1938, leg. Hoesch No 1347.
8233 (male),Aussonce, 21.01.1917, leg. Monard; Coll. Kl.
8234 Aussonce, 16.12.1916, found dead by Bacmeister, Type specimen at the MfN, Berlin, also two more
all ex. Coll. Bacmeister. paratypes (?). -Dickinson (2003): Francolinus levaillan-
toides levaillantoides (A. Smith, 1836).
Series offourteen syntypes, whereabouts ofother speci-
mens unknown; nom. nov. added as footnote. - Dickin-
son (2003): Perdixperdixperdix (Linnaeus, 1758).
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Tetrao bonasia styriacus Jordans & Schiebel, 1944 Paralectotype: Coll. Kl. 7119, female ad., Prochladnaja,
Falco40: 1. Terek region, Caucasus, 17.01.1900, per W. Schluter.
Holotype: ZFMK 57.667, male, St. Georgen ob Judenburg, No types were designated in the original publication, in
Upper Styria, Austria, 01.11.1932, leg. Schiebel. the Catalogue (Kleinschmidt 1935-1943: 152) eight spec-
imens (Coll. Kl. 7121-7125) are listed as caucasicus, Nr.
No paratypes defined in the large series. - Dickinson 7120 marked as type in the catalogue, but Nr. 7119 la-
(2003): Tetrastes bonasia styriacus. belled as "type specimen". Illustrated in Berajah, Falco
Peregrinus: plate 27 (1914). - Dickinson (2003): Falco
peregrinus brookei Sharpe, 1873.
Tetrao schiebeli Kleinschmidt, 1941
Falco 37: 18.
Falco rudolfi Kleinschmidt, 1909
ZFMK
Lectotype: 57.694, male, Zirknitz, Krain,Austria, Falco 5: 19.
11.09.1927, ex. Coll. Schiebel.
N
Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7111, female Hokodadi, Japan,
,
No further paratypes defined or described out ofa large 04.02.1908, leg. Thielemann. - Dickinson (2003): Falco
series ofan unknown number ofspecimens. - Dickinson peregrinuspealei Ridgway, 1874.
(2003): Tetrastes bonasia schiebeli.
Falco Peregrinus rhenanus Kleinschmidt, 1912
Tetrao Bonasa rhenana Kleinschmidt, 1917 Berajah, Falco Peregrinus: plate 09.
Ornis Germanica (supplement of Falco) 1: 7; nomen
nudum Iconotype: Plate 09 in Berajah.
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7053, female, rock face „Rabenley",
Tetrao Bonasa rhenana Kleinschmidt, 1944 Altenahr/ Rhineland, 14.05.1897, leg. Kleinschmidt.
Falco 40: 4.
The species was described in 1912 by measurements giv-
Lectotypes: Coll. Kl. 8279, male, Niederhoppen a. d. enontheplate and in 1916 in Berajah (Kleinsclimidt 1916:
Wied, Germany 13. 12. 1897; Coll. Kl. 8280, female, 42^13) in the text.
Niederhoppen a. d. Wied, Germany, 14. 12. 1897; Coll.
Kl. 8281, male, Niederhoppen a. d. Wied, Germany, 14. Several skin specimens are listed in the Catalogue
12. 1897; Coll. Kl. 8282, female, Brochenbach a. d. Wied, (Kleinschmidt 1935-1943: 149; 150), Coll. Kl. 7048, Coll.
15.12.1897; Coll. Kl. 8283, male, Neustadt a. d. Wied, Kl. 7053, Coll.Kl. 7059^7074, No. 7053 is designated as
Germany, 03.11.1898, alle leg. Schneider. „type specimen" (Kleinschmidt 1935-1943: 154) and la-
belledas such. -Dickinson (2003): Falcoperegrinuspere-
Name first mentioned in Ornis Germanica, but a nomen grinus Tunstall, 1771.
nudum there. A large type series elaborately described in
Falco (1944: 4), but no type specimen designated and se-
ZFMK
ries not specified. Fourteen skins from mentioned, Falco Peregrinus scandinaviae Kleinschmidt, 1915
but not to be identified. - Dickinson (2003): Tetrastes Berajah, Falco Peregrinus: plate 33.
bonasia rhenana.
Iconotype: plate 33 in Berajah.
FALCONIDAE Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7051, female ad., Upland, Sweden,
03.05.1896, leg. Kolthoff, per Schluter.
Falco caucasicus Kleinschmidt, 1907 The species was described in 1915 by measurements giv-
Falco 3: 62. enonthe plate and in 1916 in Berajah(Kleinschmidt 1916:
46-41) in the text. Eight skin specimens are listed in the
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7120, female ad., Wladikaukas, NE Catalogue (Kleinschmidt 1935-1943: 149-151), Coll. Kl.
Caucasus, 08.01.1907, per W. Schluter; 7051, labelled as "type specimen". - Dickinson (2003):
Falcoperegrinusperegrinus Tunstall, 1771.
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Falco Peregrinus Heinrichi Kleinschmidt, 1933 Falco tinnunculus ultratinnunculus Kleinschmidt, 1929
Kurzgefdeutsche Rassenkunde: 24 and plate 2. Falco 25: 35.
Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7143, male, "Celebes", 24.03.1933, ?Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7451, male ad., Wladikaukas, Cau-
perished in the Zoological Garden Berlin, leg. Heinrich. casus, 20.10.1913. No collector specified.
- Dickinson (2003): Falcoperegrinus heinrichi.
Type designated to "the very old male", no specification
in the text or catalogue.
Falco kreyenborgi Kleinschmidt, 1929
Falco 25: 33-35 Paratypes: Coll. Kl. 7452, male ad., Wladikaukas,
21.02.1914; Coll. Kl. 7453 female ad., Wladikaukas,
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7144, male ad., caught at PuntaAre- 4.10.1912. -Dickinson (2003): Falco tinnunculus tinnun-
nas Magallanos, S Chile; received on22.10.1932 from the culus Linnaeus, 1758.
Zoological Garden Miinster via Carlos Strauch.
No types were designated in the publication, only in the Falco Hierofalco erlangeri Kleinschmidt, 1901
Catalogue (Kleinschmidt 1935-1943: 153) and on label. Aquila 8: 34-38, figured plate 1 and 3.
Two other specimens are housed at the Zoological Muse-
um Miinster. This form is assigned today as a light phase Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7022, Djebel Sidi Ali ben Aoun, Tu-
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to Falcoperegrinus cassini Sharpe, 1873 (Ellis Garat nisia, 06.04.1897, leg. Hilgert.
1983, Auk 100: 269 et seq.)
Paratype: Coll. Kl. 7021, male, same locality, 12.04.1897,
leg. Hilgert; Coll. Kl. 7023, female ad., Tanger, Moroc-
Cerchneis tinnunculus canadensis Koenig, 1889 co, 14.08.1897, per Schliiter; 2 specimens from the Col-
J Ornithol 37: 263. lection ofA. Koenig not to be traced; see also Falco Hi-
erofalco tschusii.
ZFMK
Lectotypes: A.II.12.a2.6., male, Villa Orotava,
Tenerife, 6.04.1889 and ZFMKA.II.12. 2 female, Vil- The subspecies was first illustrated byA. Koenig, (1898,
.
la Orotava, Tenerife, 10.02.1889, all leg. A. Koenig. J. Ornithol: plate 09, figure 1-5)withouthimrealizingthe
new form. Described by Kleinschmidt from a larger se-
Further 16 specimens fromTenerife and the sameyearare ries of six males and five females: two specimens from
listed in the unpublished catalogue ofthe ZFMK: ZFMK the Hungarian National Museum; one from Museum Car-
A.II.12. 2.a, male, Agua Manza, Tenerife, 12.01.1889 (in lo Erlanger and two from living birds in the aviaries of
the AMNH, New York); ZFMK A.II.12.a2.p\ male, Agua A. Koenig, Bonn. - Dickinson (2003): Falco biarmicus
ZFMK
Manza, Tenerife, 21 02.1889; A.II.12.a2.y, male, erlangeri.
Puerto Orotava, Tenerife, 08.01.1889; ZFMKA.II.12.a2.£,
ZFMK
female, Puerto Orotava, 28.01.1889; A.II.12.a2.r|,
ZFMK
female, Puerto Orotava, Tenerife, 08.01.1889; Falco Hierofalco tschusii Kleinschmidt, 1907
A.II.12. 2 9, female juv., Villa Orotava, Tenerife, Falco 3: 103.
.
ZFMK
10.01.1889; A.II.12.a2.i, female, Villa Orotava,
ZFMK
Tenerife, 10.01.1889; A.II.12. 2 k, malejuv, Icod Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7023, female ad., Tanger, Morocco,
.
ZFMK
el Alto, Tenerife, 15.01.1889; A.II.12. 2A., male, 14.08.1897, per Schliiter.
ZFMK
Orotava, Tenerife, 17.01.1889; A.II.12. 2 u, fe-
.
ZFMK
male, Orotava, Tenerife, 23.01.1889; A.II.12. 2.v., In Catalogue defined by Kleinschmidt (1935-1943: 148)
male juv., Icod el Alto, Tenerife, 27.01.1889; ZFMK as synonym ofFalco biarmicus erlangeri, after consid-
A.II.12. 2. female juv., Sta. Ursula, Tenerife, ering ittobe aparatype ofF. H. erlangeriin 1901. -Dick-
ZFMK
07.02.1889; A.II.12.a2.o., male juv, Villa Orota- inson (2003): Falco biarmicus tanypterus Schlegel, 1843.
ZFMK
va, Tenerife, 10.02.1889; A.II.12.a2.7r., femalejuv,
ZFMK
Puerto Orotava, Tenerife, 12.02.1889; A.II.12.a2.p.,
ZFMK
male, Palma, 25.03.1889; all leg Koenig and Falco Hierofalco aralocaspius Kleinschmidt, 1939
A.II.12.a2.<;., femalejuv, bought from P. Schmitz, Estre- Falco 35: 28.
ito, Madeira, 14.09.1889. Two specimens labelled as syn-
types in the collection and marked in the catalogue. - Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7012, "female" ad., "Linkoran",
Dickinson (2003): Falco tinnunculus canadensis. 10.01.1895, per Floericke.
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In the briefdescription no details on material used are giv- Syntypes: Coll. Kl. 7788, female ?, St. Cosinus, Lanusei,
en. In the "Katalog" several specimens are recorded as ar- Sardinia, 14.04.1903; Coll. Kl. 7789, male ad., Leni, Bar-
alocaspius, Coll. Kl. 7009-701 1, 7013-7014, Russia, Cau- bagia, Sardinia, 24.04.1902, leg. Meloni.
casus, but not marked as paralectotypes. - Dickinson
(2003): Falco cherrug cherrug. Describedafterfive specimens, whereabouts ofotherspec-
imens unknown. -Dickinson (2003):Accipitergentilis ar-
rigonii.
Falco christiani-ludovici Kleinschmidt, 1917
Falco 13: 9.
Accipitergentilis kleinschmidti Jordans, 1950
Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7337, male juv., Wladikaukas, Cau- Syll Biol Festschr Kleinschmidt: 178.
casus, 12.11.1910, per Schluter.
ZFMK
Holotype: 46.343, male ad., Linares, Salamanca,
Actually considered as nom. nov. for Falco pallidas Spain, 16.05.1943, leg. Grun.
(Sushkin, 1900), because Kleinschmidt presumed it to be
ZFMK
preoccupied two times by both Tinnunculus alaudarius Paratypes: 46.344, female, Linares, Salamaca,
ZFMK
pallidas A.E. Brehm, 1866 and Falcopallidus (Schlegel Spain, 12.05.1943; 46.345, female, Linares, Sala-
and Susemihl, 1839-1851). Contrary to Kleinschmidt, manca, Spain, 23.05.1938, all leg. Grim. - Dickinson
Brehm's name is a nomen nudum according to Vaurie (2003): Accipitergentilis arrigonii (Kleinschmidt, 1903).
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(1965) and Falcopallidus (Schlegel Susemihl) refers
- like Falco pallidus Schinz, 1840 - to Circus pallidus
Sykes, 1832. -Dickinson (2003): Falco columbariuspal- Accipiter nisusperegrinoides Kleinschmidt, 1921
lidus (Sushkin, 1900). In Grote (1921): Aus der orn. Literatur Russlands (sup-
plement to Falco): 56.
Falco alfred-edmundi Kleinschmidt, 1917 ?Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7926, female juv., Rossitten,
Falco 13: 9. 20.10.1921, leg. Thienemann.
Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7341, female, N Iceland, 6.09.1909, No specification given in first description; mention ofan
per Schluter. -Dickinson (2003): Falco columbariussub- old female on migration, specimen illustrated in Proceed-
aesalon C. L. Brehm, 1827. ings IV Intern. Ornithol. Congr. Nottracable. Also an old
male mentioned in first description from the collection of
A. Koenig, without specifying a localityordate. InKlein-
ACCIPITRIDAE schmidt (1935-1943: 185) 39 specimens are listed under
peregrinoides. - Dickinson (2003): Accipiter nisus nisus
(Linnaeus, 1758).
Accipiter Palumbarius caucasicus Kleinschmidt, 1922
Berajah 4: 5.
AccipiternisusSalamancaeJordans & Steinbacher, 1941
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 7790, male ad., Wladikaukas, Cau- Ann Nat Hist Mus Wien 53: 238.
casus, 11.11.1913;
ZFMK
Holotype: 38.528, female ad., Linares de Riofrio,
Paralectotypes: Coll. Kl. 7791, male ad., Wladikaukas, Salamanca, Spain, 10.06.1938, leg. Grun.
Caucasus, 15.01.1914; Coll. Kl. 7792, female,
ZFMK
Wladikaukas, 7.03.1914, all per Schluter. Paratypes: 38.527, male, Linares de Riofrio, Sa-
ZFMK
lamanca, Spain, 30.08.1938; 38.561, female,
Described after three specimens with no type designated 05.08.1938, locality and collector as above;
in the original description, but only these three skins in ZFMK.38.562, female, 05.08.1938, locality andcollector
the collection. -Dickinson (2003):Accipitergentilismar- as above; ZFMK A.II.9.3.77777777, female, Mosquerue-
ginatus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783). la, 06.10.1930; ZFMK A.II.9.a.mMl, female, Mo-
ZFMK
squeruela, 04.09. 1930; A.H.9.a.§£§§§& male, Li-
nares, 21.08.1937; ZFMKA.II.9.a.oooooooo, female, Li-
Asturgentilis arrigonii Kleinschmidt, 1903 naries des Riofrio, 02.08.1937, all leg. Grim. -Dickinson
Orn. Monatsber. 11: 152. (2003): Accipiter nisus nisus (Linnaeus, 1758).
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Accipiter wolterstorffi Kleinschmidt, 1901 Buteo vulgaris vulpicolor Kleinschmidt, 1938
Orn Monatsber 9: 168. Falco 34: 72.
Holotype: Coll. KX 8037, female, Lanusei, Sardinia, Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7597, o, Pipret Swamps, Russia,
18.12.1900, leg. Wolterstorff. 14.08.1917, leg. Riidiger. - Dickinson (2003): Buteo bu-
teo vulpinus (Gloger, 1833).
Paratype: Coll. Kl. 8038, pull, male, caught from the aerie,
Lanusei, Baulacci, 19.07.1900, leg. Wolterstorff.
Buteo vulgaris ultravulpinus Kleinschmidt, 1938
Described from a larger series of another eleven speci- Falco 34: 73.
mens, not specified; paratype identified by label in col-
lection. - Dickinson (2003): Accipiter nisus wolterstorf- Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7619, Caucasus, lost. - Dickinson
fi (2003) presumably: Buteo buteo menetriesi Bogdanow,
1879.
Accipiter nisusgalliae Kleinschmidt, 1917
Falco 13: 24. Buteo vulgaris milanoides Kleinschmidt, 1938
Falco 34: 73.
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 8032, femalejuv., Thugny,Ardennes,
France, 22.02.1917, leg. Bacmeister. Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7628, ," female, Naljtschik, 07." Cau-
casus, (withoutyear), lost.-Dickinson (2003): Buteo bu-
Paralectotype: Coll. Kl. 8033, female, Aussonce, Ar- teo menetriesi Bogdanow, 1879.
dennes, 05.01.1917.
No types defined, very sparse description. - Dickinson Buteo vulgaris buteosimilis Kleinschmidt, 1938
(2003): Accipiter nisus nisus (Linnaeus, 1758). Falco 34: 73.
Lectotypes: Coll. Kl. 7593, malejuv., Bukowina, Roma-
Buteo zimmermannae Ehmcke, 1893 nia, 19.09.1892, leg. Tschusi; Coll. Kl. 7594-7595, mat-
J Ornithol 41: 117. ed pair, 01.05.1871, Uman, S Russia, leg. Holtz, per C.
v. Erlanger.
?Holotype: Coll. Kl. 7606, female, Sassuponen, Gumbin-
nen, East Prussia, (Russia), 21.04.1892, leg. Schwede. Neither in the original description nor in the Catalogue
(Kleinschmidt 1935-1943) type specimens were defined;
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Also Coll. Kl. 7607, male juv., identified as "Cotypus". lectotypes designated by Rheinwald van den Elzen
Described also from comparative material from the col- (1984). - Dickinson (2003): Buteo buteo buteo (Linnaeus,
lection ofthe MfN, Berlin -Dickinson (2003): Buteo bu- 1758).
teo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758).
Circuspygargus abdullae Floericke, 1896
Buteo vulgaris hispaniae Jordans, 1940 Orn Monatsber 4: 155.
Falco 35: 13.
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 8097, male ad., Kermene, E Kaspi,
ZFMK
Syntypes: A.II.19.a6.a. and p., 2 males, Linares, Turkmenia, 22.05.1896, leg. Floericke.
Salamanca, Spain, 27.04.1935 and Teruel, Mosqueruela,
18.09.1930, leg. Griin. Described from a series ofeight specimens, ofwhich on-
ly four were skinned; Lectotype designated by Klein-
ZFMK
Paratypes: A.II.19.a6.y., female, Mosqueruela, schmidt (1935-1943: 190). According to the label three
ZFMK
05.09.1930; A.II.19. 6.5., female, Linares, 26.07. further specimens mentioned in the original description
ZFMK
1934; A.II.19. 6.8., female, Linares, 24.08.1934; are housed in the museum at Tiflis. Therefore, this spec-
ZFMK 38.519, female, Linares, 02.07.1938; ZFMK imen should come from the Berlepsch collection.
38.866, male, Linares, 05.08.1938, all leg. Griin. - Dick-
inson (2003): Buteo buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758).
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OTIDIDAE ZFMK
Paralectotypes: 50.318-50.319, male, female, Dal-
iburgh and Bornish, Outer Hebrides, 17. and 23.06.1947,
leg. Clancey, in exchange for other specimens handed to
Choriotis arabs geyri Niethammer, 1954 the ZFMK.
Bonn zool Beitr 5: 193.
In the original description only the holotype is designat-
Lectotype: ZFMK 54.565, male, 250 km NW ofAgades, ed. Status ofZFMK specimens taken from inventory and
Niger(Sahara). 30.01.1954, leg. G. NiethammerNo 51 1 labels. Ifnot included in Ch. h. hiaticula Linne, 1758, one
Second specimen of the description lost. - Dickinson might regard this form as nom. nov. for the preoccupied
(2003): Choriotis arabs geyri. Charadriushiaticula majorSeebohm, 1885. Its type ought
to be regardedthen as lectotype for Seebohm's subspecies,
forwhichno type specimen exists. Type stored within the
Afrotis afra bohmeri Hoesch & Niethammer, 1940 Collection Clancey, RSME, Edinburgh, t.t. Rudha Ard-
J Ornithol 88; Sonderheft: 124. vule, Bornish, South Uist, Outer Hebrides. - Dickinson
(2003): Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758.
Holotype: ZFMK 39.789, male, E side ofthe Brandberg,
Namibia, 23.09.1938, leg. G. Niethammer. - Dickinson
GLAREOLIDAE
(2003): Afrotis afra (Linnaeus, 1758).
RALLIDAE Rhinoptilus africanus erlangeriNiethammer & Wolters,
1966
Bonn zool Beitr 17: 159.
Gallinula chloropus vestigialis Clancey, 1939
Bull BOC 59: 70. Holotype: ZFMK39.736, female ad., 40kmE Cape Cross,
Namibia, 25.09.1938, leg. G. Niethammer No 139.
ZFMK
Paratype: 50.131, male, Renfrewshire, Scotland,
ZFMK
15.01.1936, leg. Clancey. Paralectotypes: 39.737, female, Erongo,
ZFMK
28.10.1938; 39.738, female, Omaruru,
Syntypes in Collection Clancey, RSME, Edinburgh and 27.09X.1938; ZFMK M.IIJ.a.a., male, Kayas,
Collection Ticehirst; t.t. Near Bardowie, Stirlingshire, 13.07.1934; ZFMKM.n.3.a.p., female, Kayas 15.07.1934;
A ZFMK
Scotland. large series ofunspecified skins fromvarious G.IIJ.a.y., female, Ombutjomatemba, 30.08.1934;
museums was investigated. -Dickinson (2003): Gallinu- ZFMK M.n.3.a.5. male, Ombutjomatemba, 08.03.1935,
3
la chloropus chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758). all leg. Hoesch; ZFMK 66.660, female, Hohenfels, Wa-
terberg, 27.05.1931, leg. Maltzahn.
HAEMATOPODIDAE
Described from a series of 14 specimens, ofwhich five
paratypes are not in the ZFMK. The name Rhinoptilus a.
sharpei Erlanger, 1905, doesn't correspond to the sub-
Haematopus ostralegus occidentalis Neumann, 1929 species above, it is in fact a synonym of Rhinoptilus
Gefiederte Welt 58: 161. africanus africanus (Temminck, 1807). - Dickinson
(2003): Rhinoptilus africanus erlangeri.
Holotype: ZFMK M.VI.14. 1.a., male,Auskerry, Orkney
Islands, 03.10.1913, leg. TicehurstNo 1491. Type defined
byNeumannnotuntil 1932 (Anz Orn Ges Bayern 2: 148). ALCIDAE
- Dickinson (2003): Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus
Linnaeus, 1758.
Mormon arcticus meridionalis Jordans, 1914
Falco 10: 153.
CHARADRIIDAE
Syntypes: ZFMKQ.I.7.a2.y., male, Bahia deAlcudia, Ma-
ZFMK
jorca, 07.04.1913; Q.I.7.a2 5., female, Bahia de
.
Charadrius hiaticula harrisoni Clancey, 1949 Alcudia, Majorca, 07.04.1913; leg. A. von Jordans, No
Limosa 22: 319. 999-1000. -Dickinson (2003): Fratercula arcticagrabae
(C. L. Brehm, 1831).
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36 Renate van den Elzen
Uria aalge hyberborea Salomonsen, 1932 Described from a series of four males and two females,
Ibis Ser. XIII. 2: 130. whereabouts ofother specimens not known. - Dickinson
(2003): Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771).
Holotype: ZFMK Q.I.I. 2 co., female ad., Bear Island,
,
Scandinavia, 16.07.1907, leg. Koenig.
COLUMBIDAE
Paratypes: Ofthe 55 paratypes mentionedonly 30 still ex-
ist; some ofthem arepart ofthepermanentexhibition (dio-
rama "Vogelfelsen" - "Bird rock"). - Dickinson (2003): Streptopelia turtur loei Jordans, 1923
Uria aalge hyberborea. Falco 19, Sonderheft: 5.
ZFMK
Holotype: K.I.4. 2 a. male, Albufera, Majorca,
.
PTEROCLIDIDAE 07.06.1921., leg. A. von Jordans No 2914.
Paratypes: ZFMKK.I.4.a2.p\, male,Alcudia, Majorca, 10.
Pterocles lichtensteini targius Geyr, 1916 05.1921; ZFMK K.IAa2. y., female, Alcudia, Majorca,
Orn Monatsber 24 : 56. 06.05.1921; ZFMK K.IAa2. 5., female, 31.05.1921; all
leg. A. von Jordans. - Dickinson (2003): Streptopelia tur-
Lectotypes: ZFMK L.I.l.c3.p\ and 5., female, Oued Ra- tur turtur (Linnaeus, 1758).
ris, Algeria, 16.04.1914. leg. Geyr.
Paralectotypes: 11 more individuals, ZFMK L.I.l.c3.a., Turtur turtur hoggara Geyr, 1916
male ad., Oued Raris, Algeria, 16.04.1914; ZFMK Orn Monatsber 24: 59.
L.I.l.c3. y. male, Oued Raris, 16.04.1914; ZFMK
L.I.l.c3.e., male, Amgid, Algeria, 21.04.1914; ZFMK Holotype: ZFMKK.IAb'.a., male ad., Ideles, atthenorth-
L.I.l.c34 male, Amgid, Algeria, 21.04.1914; ZFMK ern edge ofthe HoggaraPlateau,Algeria, 24.03.1914, leg.
L.I.l.c3 female, Amgid, Algeria, 21.04.1914; ZFMK Geyr. Described from one single specimen. - Dickinson
.ii.,
ZFMK
L.I.l.c3.©., male, Amgid, Algeria, 21.04.1914; (2003): Streptopelia turtur hoggara.
L.I.l.c3.t., male, Oued Tidebar, Algeria, 24.04.1914 ;
ZFMK L.I.1.c3.k., male, Oued Tidebar, Algeria,
24.04.1914; ZFMK L.I.l.c3A., male, OuedTidebar,Alge- Columba livia targia Geyr, 1916
ria, 25.04.1914; ZFMK L.I.l.c3.u., male, Oued Tidebar, Orn Monatsber 24: 58.
Algeria, 25.04.1914; ZFMK L.I.I. 3.v., female, OuedTi-
ZFMK
debar, Algeria, 25.04.1914; all leg. Geyr. Holotype: K.I.l.ab2.a., male ad., Ain Tahart, Al-
geria, 21.02.1914;
Originally described from a series ofthirteen specimens.
ZFMK
The type specimen labelled as such in the inventory ofthe Paratypes: K.I.l.ab2.p\, female, Ain Tahart, Alge-
ZFMK, - ZFMK L.I.l.c3.a., male ad., Oued Raris, ria, 21.02.1914; ZFMKK.I.l.ab2.y., male, Ideles,Algeria,
16.04.1914, - doesn't correspond to the type specimen 25.03.1914; ZFMK K.I.l.ab2.5., male, Amgid, Algeria,
named in the original description concerning location and 14.02.1914; ZFMK K.I.l.ab2. 8., female, Ain Tahart, Al-
date. The original description indicates a male, Quelle geria, 21.02.1914; ZFMK K.I.1.ab24, female,Amgid,Al-
Tahart, 21.02.1914 - this specimen is apparently lost. - geria, 14.02.1914; ZFMK K.I.l.ab2.T}., male, Ain Tahart,
ZFMK
Dickinson (2003): Pterocles lichtensteini targius. Algeria, 24.04.1914; K.I.l.ab2.9., female,Amgid,
ZFMK
Algeria, 14.02.1914; K.I.l.ab2.r., female, Ain Ta-
hart, Algeria, 21.02.1914; all leg. Geyr.
Pterocles senegallus remotus Neumann, 934
1
Verh Orn Ges Bayern 20: 471. In the collection ofthe ZFMK eight specimens are regis-
tered as targia, five males and three females, in the de-
ZFMK W
Paratype: I.I.2.a'.p., female, Kulchi, Kunaria, scription only three males andtwo females are mentioned.
India, 20.02.1934, leg. Archer. - Dickinson (2003): Columba livia targia.
Holotype: male, Kunaria atKutch, Nw-India, 20.02.1934,
leg G. Arcker; supposedly at the MfN, Berlin.
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CUCULIDAE
Strix hostilis Kleinschmidt, 1915
Falco 11: 18.
Centropus heuglini Neumann, 1911 Syntypes: Coll. Kl. 6952, male, Hurst, Sussex, England,
In Koenig, 1910: Verhandl. V. Intern. Orn. Kongr. Berlin: 08.1894, and Coll. Kl. 6953, female, Bramber, Sussex,
504. (with parts of the skeleton), 10.09.1897, both per
Brazenor, Brighton. -Dickinson (2003): Tyto alba alba
ZFMK
?Paratypes: C.I.3.b.a.-5., 2 males, female, male (Scopoli, 1769).
juv., Bahr-el-Gazal, Lado and Bahr-el-Zeraf, 28.02; 07.,
12. and 20.03.1910, Egyptian Sudan, leg. le Roi, Koenig,
Nolda. Strixflammea rhenana Kleinschmidt, 1906
Berajah, Strix Flammea: 4: 20.
The specimens listed above were labelled as syntypes by
ZFMK
Koenig in the inventory; their status as paratypes Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 6920, female, Kornsand, Rhine near
is questionable. Type specimen is the female ofthe SMNS, Darmstadt, 03.11.1899, leg. Kleinschmidt.
Stuttgart, No 5662 collected by Heuglin at Bahr el Ghaz-
al, 02.1866, another paratype No 1916, ajuvenile speci- Paralectotypes: Coll. Kl. 6921-6930, 4 males, 6 females,
men from the collection ofHerzog Paul v. Wiirttemberg, same location, 10.1892; 03., 10., 11.1899, 09., 10.1901 and
Fazoqla, leg. 1843. - Dickinson (2003): Centropus 04.1903, leg. Kleinschmidt.
monachusfischeri Reichenow, 1887.
Named by Kleinschmidt because Brehm's type (see be-
low) is thought to refer to a migrant not native to Middle
TYTONIDAE Germany. No type designated in the original description;
type series designated in the catalogue (Kleinschmidt
&
1935-1943: 147); lectotype by Rheinwald van den
Strix ernesti Kleinschmidt, 1901 Elzen (1984). - Dickinson (2003): Tyto albaguttata (C.L.
Orn Monatsber 9: 168. Brehm, 1831).
Holotype: Coll. Kl. 6945, male, Loceri Ogliastra, Sardi-
nia, 17.04.1901. Tyto alba (Strix Flammeata) hauchecornei Klein-
schmidt, 1940
Paratypes: Not defined, the Catalogue (Kleinschmidt Falco 36: 59.
1935-1938) lists eight specimens as potential paratypes
for 5. ernesti - Dickinson (2003): Tyto alba ernesti. Syntype: Coll. Kl. 6978, o, caught in Chile, perished in
the Cologne Zoological Garden.
Tyto alba kleinschmidti Jordans, 1923 The other syntype is housed in the SNS, Dresden, C
Falco 19, Sonderheft: 5. 48381. -Dickinson (2003): Tyto alba tuidara (J. E. Gray,
1829).
ZFMK
Holotype: A.III.13.a6 male, Alcudia, Majorca,
.y.,
09.05.1921, leg. A. von Jordans No 3098.
STRIGIDAE
ZFMK
Paratypes: A.III.13. 6.a., male,Alcudia, Majorca,
07.04.1913; ZFMK A.III.13.a6.p., female, Alcudia, Ma-
ZFMK &
jorca, 09.05.1913; A.III.O.a^.y., male, Alcudia, Otus leucotis Margarethae Jordans Neubaur, 1932
Majorca, 09.05.1921; ZFMKA.III.13.a6.5., female,Alcu- Falco 28: 9.
ZFMK
dia, Majorca, 22.05.1921; A.III.13.a6.e., male,Al-
ZFMK ZFMK
cudia, Majorca, 24.05.1921; A.III.13. 6 male, Holotype: A.III.lO.e'.a., male, Zankab, Bahr-el-
.
Alcudia, Majorca, 09.05.1921. - Dickinson (2003): Tyto Abiad, Sudan, 07.04.1910, leg. le Roi.
alba alba (Scopoli, 1769).
ZFMK
Paratypes: A.III.10. 1 p., male, Zankab, Bahr-el-
Z.FMK
Abiad, Sudan, 07.04.1910 A.III.lO.e'.y., female
;
ad., Zankab, Bahr-el-Abiad, Sudan, 07.04.1910. - Dickin-
son (2003): Ptilopsis leucotis (Temminck, 1820).
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Otus scops mallorcae Jordans, 1923 StrixAthene ruficolor Kleinschmidt, 1907
Falco 19: 5. Falco 3: 65.
ZFMK
Holotype: A.III.lO.a'.s., female,Alcudia, Majorca, Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 6754, male, Marrakesch, Morocco,
22.V.1921, leg. A. von Jordans No 3045. 28.12.1899; leg. Floericke.
ZFMK
Paratypes: ZFMKA.III.10. 1.(3., male,Alcudia, Majorca, Paralectotypes: Coll. Kl. 6755, female juv., Drenkat,
05.04.1913; A.III.lO.a1. y., male, Alcudia, Major- 12.12.1899; Coll. Kl. 6756, o ad., Doukalla, 17.11.1899,
ca, 07.04.1913; ZFMKA.III.lO.a1.5., female,Alcudia, Ma- all leg. Floericke.
ZFMK
jorca, 09.04.1913; A.III.lO.a1 male, Alcudia,
.
ZFMK
Majorca, 09.06.1921; A.III.lO.a1 n,, male, Alcu- Described from nine specimens, no type designated in
.
ZFMK
dia, Majorca, 11.06.1921; A.III.10.a1. 0., male,Al- original description or in his Catalogue, Kleinschmidt
cudia, Majorca, 13.06.1921, all leg. A. von Jordans. (1938-1943: 144). - Dickinson (2003): Athene noctua
glaux (Savigny, 1809).
Originally a series ofeleven specimens is mentioned; one
exchangedwithAMNH,NewYork, two specimens areun-
tracable. - Dickinson (2003): Otus scops mallorcae. Strix saharae Kleinschmidt, 1909
Falco 5: 19.
Athene noctua Gruni Jordans & Steinbacher, 1941 Holotype: Coll. Kl. 6757, o, Moulaina, Algerian Sahara,
An. Nat Hist Mus Wien 52: 234. 20.03.1903, leg. Flukiger?
ZFMK
Holotype: 40.238, female ad., Lagos, Portugal, Paralectotypes: Coll. Kl. 6758, male, Biskra, Algeria,
13.04.1939, leg. Grim. 12.12.1903; Coll. Kl. 6759, male, Biskra, Algeria,
15.03.1904; Coll. Kl. 6760, male, Biskra, Algeria,
ZFMK
Paratypes: 40.230, male, Lagos, Portugal, 30.01.1903, all leg. Flukiger.
ZFMK
18.05.1939; 40.231, female, Lagos, Portugal,
ZFMK
01.05.1939; 40.232, female, Lagos, Portugal, Only type designated in original description, no number
ZFMK
25.04.1939; 40.233, female, Lagos, Portugal, ofparatypes given; paralectotypes designated in his Cat-
02.05.1939; ZFMK 40.234, female, Lagos, Portugal, alogue (Kleinschmidt 1938-1943: 144). - Dickinson
ZFMK
27.03.1939; 40.235, female, Lagos, Portugal, (2003): Athene noctua saharae.
ZFMK
18.04.1939; 40.236, male, Lagos, Portugal,
ZFMK
22.04.1939; 40.237, female, Lagos, Portugal,
17.04.1939; ZFMK 40.239, female, Lagos, Portugal Bubo africanus kollmannspergeri Niethammer, 1957
19.05.1939, all leg. Grim. - Dickinson (2003): Athene Bonn zool Beitr 8: 287.
noctua vidalii A. E. Brehm, 1857.
ZFMK
Holotype: 57.1900, male, Guelta Basso, Ennedi,
11.09.1954, leg. Kollmannsperger.
StrixAthene sarda Kleinschmidt, 1907
Falco 3: 65. Described from a single specimen. - Dickinson (2003):
Bubo cinerascens Guerin-Meneville, 1843.
Lectotype: Coll. Kl. 6748, female, Ilini, Sardinia,
18.10.1901.
Strix aluco clanceyi Jordans, 1950
Paralectotype: Coll. Kl. 6749, female, Ogliastra, Sardinia, Syll Biol, Festschr. Kleinschmidt: 176.
04.04.1907.
ZFMK
Holotype: A.III.12. 2.8., male, Linares, Salaman-
Describedfromthree specimens, notype specimen defined ca, Spain, 03.04.1935, leg. Grim.
in the original description, in Catalogue (Kleinschmidt
1935-1943: 143) only two specimens mentionedwith sta- Paratypes: ZFMKA.III.12. 2.a., male, Mosqueruela near
tus as Holo- andCotypus. -Dickinson (2003): Athenenoc- Teruel, Spain, 23.09.1930; ZFMK A.III.12. 2.p., female,
tua noctua (Scopoli, 1769). Mosqueruela near Teruel, Spain, 29.09.1930; ZFMK
A.III.12. 2.y., male, Mosqueruela near Teruel, Spain,
ZFMK
09.09.1930; A.III.12.a2.8., male, Mosqueruelanear
ZFMK
Teruel, Spain, 29.09.1930; A.III.12. 2 female,
.
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