Hyphantornis intermedius littoralis van Someren

Hyphantornis intermedius littoralis van Someren, 1921c: 123 (Changamwe) .

Now Ploceus intermedius intermedius Rüppell, 1845 . See van Someren, 1922a: 142; Hartert, 1928: 193; Moreau and Greenway, 1962: 44; Zimmerman et al., 1999: 540–541; Dickinson, 2003: 721; Fry and Keith, 2004: 142–145; and Craig, 2010: 161–162.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 723680, adult male, collected at Changamwe, 04.01S, 39.38E (Polhill, 1988), Kenya, on 14 April 1919. From the V.G.L. van Someren Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, van Someren noted that the type from Changamwe, collected on 14 April 1919, was in the Rothschild Collection. The range was given as ‘‘coast-belt and Taru district, Changamwe and Malindi.’’ One paratype came to AMNH: Changamwe, AMNH 723681, adult male, 15 April 1919.