Zosterops palpebrosa remota Koelz

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Zosterops palpebrosa remota Koelz, 1939: 76 (Jalalabad, Afghanistan).

Now Zosterops palpebrosus egregius Madarász, 1911 View in CoL . See Mees, 1957: 40–51, Mayr, 1967: 294, and van Balen, 2008: 446–447.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 466913 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Jalalabad , 34.26N, 70.25E (Times Atlas), Afghanistan, on 18 December 1937, by Walter Koelz. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: In the original description, Koelz said that his male type, with a wing measurement of 55.5 mm, was taken on the same date as his five ‘‘topotypes’’ (5 paratypes). AMNH 466913 has a wing measuring 55.5 mm, is marked ‘‘Type’’ by Koelz, and bears an AMNH type label. His

measurements were of four males and two females. The five paratypes are dated both 18 and 19 December 1937, possibly indicating date of preparation: females, AMNH 466908 About AMNH , wing 55 mm, AMNH 466909 About AMNH , wing 57.5 mm ; males, AMNH 466910 About AMNH , wing 57 mm, AMNH 466911 About AMNH , wing 57 mm, AMNH 466912 About AMNH , wing 55 mm .

Dickinson (2003: 625) restricted egregius to Sri Lanka and included Afghanistan birds in Z. p. palpebrosus .

References

Dickinson, E. C. (editor). 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.

Koelz, W. 1939. New birds from Asia, chiefly from India. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52: 61 - 82.

Mayr, E. 1967. Family Zosteropidae, Indo-Australian taxa. In R. A. Paynter, Jr. (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 289 - 326. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.

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

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.