Corcorax melanoramphos subniger Mathews

Corcorax melanoramphos subniger Mathews, 1912a: 446 (Victoria) .

Now Corcorax melanorhamphos melanorhamphos (Vieillot, 1817) . See Hartert, 1929: 54; Mayr, 1962a: 160; Schodde and Mason, 1999: 616–617; Dickinson, 2003: 515; Rowley and Russell, 2009a: 284, and Schodde et al., 2013: 238– 244.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 673752, adult female, collected at Ringwood, 37.49S, 145.14E (USBGN, 1957), Victoria, Australia, on 25 March 1910, by T.H. Tregellas (no. 54). From the Mathews Collection (no. 5060) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews gave his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as Victoria. The following specimen is a paratype: Bendigo, AMNH 673755 (Mathews no. 1327), female, 30 March 1907, collected by Tregellas. AMNH 673753, female, Bayswater, 16 April 1907, collected by C.F. Cole, may also be a paratype, but I did not find it listed in Mathews’ catalog. Other specimens from Victoria were undated, collected after the description, or never in the Mathews Collection.

Schodde et al. (2013: 238–244) have submitted an application to the ICZN to conserve melanorhamphos as the correct spelling of this species name based on its prevailing usage. Until a decision is published by the Commission, this spelling is to be maintained (ICZN, 1999: 96, Art. 82.1)