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Zonotrichia capensis subsp. costaricensis Allen

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Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis Allen

Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis Allen, 1891: 374 (San Jose´, Costa Rica).

Now Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis Allen, 1891. See Hellmayr, 1938: 571–572, Chapman, 1940: 392–393, Byers et al., 1995: 236–238, and Dickinson, 2003: 782.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 48206, adult male, collected at San Jose´, 09.59N, 84.04W (Times Atlas), Costa Rica, on 14 September 1889, by C.F. Underwood (no. 410).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description and the range was said to be southern Mexico, Central America, and south to Colombia (Bogota) and probably to Ecuador. Paratypes are the following specimens collected or cataloged before the 29 September 1891 publication date of costaricensis: AMNH 35370–35374, unsexed and undated Bogota, Colombia, specimens purchased from J.M. Southwick and cataloged 12 April 1889; AMNH 48203, male, 31 May 1889; AMNH 48204, male immature, 31 March 1889; AMNH 48205, female, 14 September 1889, the last three specimens collected at San Jose´, Costa Rica, by C.F. Underwood, and cataloged 22 April 1890.

Notes

Published as part of LeCroy, Mary, 2012, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, And Tersininae, pp. 1-125 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (368) on page 13, DOI: 10.1206/775.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5399454

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Material sample ID
AMNH 35370-35374 , AMNH 48203 , AMNH 48204 , AMNH 48205 , AMNH 48206
Event date
1889-03-31 , 1889-04-12 , 1889-05-31 , 1889-09-14
Verbatim event date
1889-03-31 , 1889-04-12/1891-09-29 , 1889-05-31 , 1889-09-14 , 1889-09-14/1890-04-22
Scientific name authorship
Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Zonotrichia
Species
costaricensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype

References

  • Allen, J. A. 1891. On a collection of birds from Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, made by Mr. Herbert H. Smith. Part 1. - Oscines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3 (24): 337 - 380.
  • Hellmayr, C. E. 1938. Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands. Part XI. Ploceidae - Catamblyrhynchidae - Fringillidae.
  • Chapman, F. M. 1940. The post-glacial history of Zonotrichia capensis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77 (8): 381 - 438.
  • Byers, C., J. Curson, and U. Olsson. 1995. Sparrows and buntings of North America and the world. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 334 pp., 39 pls.