Zosterops palpebrosa foghaensis Stresemann

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Zosterops palpebrosa foghaensis Stresemann, 1912b: 347 (Gunung Fogha (5 Kapala Madang 5 ‘‘Mount Mada’’), N.W. Buru, 5500f.).

Now Zosterops montanus montanus Bonaparte, 1850 View in CoL . See Mees, 1957: 176–189, White and Bruce, 1986: 413, and van Balen, 2008: 450.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 700153 About AMNH , adult female, collected on Mount Kapalatmada (5 Gunung Fogha), 03.15S, 126.09E ( USBGN, 1982a), Buru Island , Moluccas, Indonesia, on 28 February 1912, by Erwin Stresemann (no. 1091). From the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Stresemann cited his unique field number of the holotype in the original description. Stresemann (1914b: 391), reporting on the avifauna of Buru including his collection, listed only the type specimen, adding that a second specimen had been shot too badly to be preserved.

At the end of February 1912, Stresemann (1914b: 361) and his companion, Dr. Deninger, climbed ‘‘Mount Fogha,’’ the highest peak of which was 2060 m, but they only reached 1400 m before they were forced to turn back. The highest peak shown on my map is Mount Kapalatmada, which is probably the same as ‘‘Kapala Madang 5 Mount Mada,’’ given by Stresemann as equivalent names for Fogha. Rothschild and Hartert (1923: 118), in their description of Madanga ruficollis , equate mountains ‘‘ Madang,’’ ‘‘Mada,’’ and ‘‘Fogha’’ with Mount Tomahu, 03.14S, 126.04E (USBGN, 1982a), but Stresemann’s equivalent names seem adequate to me.

References

Bonaparte, C. L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium, vol. 1. Lugduni Batavorum: E. J. Brill, 543 pp.

Mees, G. F. 1957. A systematic review of the Indo- Australian Zosteropidae (Part I). Zoologische Verhandelingen 35: 12 - 204.

Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1923. [Lord Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described a new bird from Buru as follows: -]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43: 117 - 118.

Stresemann, E. 1912 b. Ornithologische Miszellen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. XVI. Uber einige formen von Zosterops palpebrosa (Temm.). Novitates Zoologicae 19: 346 - 347.

Stresemann, E. 1914 b. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Avifauna von Buru. Novitates Zoologicae 21: 358 - 400.

van Balen, S. 2008. Family Zosteropidae (whiteeyes). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 402 - 485. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.

White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce. 1986. The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. check-list no. 7. London: British Ornithologists' Union, 524 pp.