Turnagra capensis (Sparrman, 1787)

Ghiraldi, Luca & Aimassi, Giorgio, 2019, Extinct and endangered (‘ E & E’) birds in the ornithological collection of the Museum of Zoology of Torino University, Italy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 139 (1), pp. 28-45 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11637504
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387EB-FFCF-F80E-FF10-FC05FD88FA9A
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scientific name	Turnagra capensis
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SOUTH ISLAND PIOPIO Turnagra capensis View in CoL

Tanagra capensis Sparrman, 1787

MZUT AV2962; previously mounted; unsexed adult; New Zealand, no date; purchased by F. Defilippi for MZUT, in 1846.

MZUT AV4244 View Materials ; previously mounted; unsexed adult; New Zealand, no date; purchased in Milano by G. Gené for MZUT, in September 1844 .

Remarks.—Filippo Defilippi (1814–67) succeeded G. Gené as head of the Zoological Museum of Torino, of which he was director in 1848–67. It is probable that at least MZUT AV4244 has the same provenance as one of two specimens in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (no. 12968, unsexed, mounted, from ‘Nov. Zealand’). Based on a manuscript catalogue produced by Defilippi, we know that it was purchased from L. Colombo in 1844 ( Violani et al. 1984).