Myzantha flavigula alligator Mathews

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5476085
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scientific name	Myzantha flavigula alligator Mathews
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Myzantha flavigula alligator Mathews, 1912a: 418 (Alligator River, Northern Territory).

Now Manorina flavigula lutea (Gould, 1840) View in CoL . See Salomonsen, 1967: 442, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 269–273, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185– 191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 617–618.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 694462 About AMNH , adult male, collected on the South Alligator River , 12.15S, 132.24E ( USBGN, 1957), Northern Territory, on 20 May 1903, by J.T. Tunney (no. 1322). From the Mathews Collection (no. 5355) via the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range of alligator as ‘‘ Northern Territory.’’ Apparently, Mathews had the single specimen; it bears Tunney’s original label and Mathews and Rothschild type labels. Tunney’s collection was reported on by Hartert (1905a) and it was divided between Rothschild and WAM, with a subset sent to BMNH ( Hartert, 1905a: 194). Mathews received his specimen from WAM, and the number 7459 on Tunney’s label is apparently a WAM number.

References

Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.

Hartert, E. 1905 a. List of birds collected in northwestern Australia and Arnhem-land by Mr. J. T. Tunney. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 194 - 242.

Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.

Mathews, G. M. 1912 a. A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171 - 446.

Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.

Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.