Zosterops palpebrosa amabilis Koelz

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475606
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scientific name	Zosterops palpebrosa amabilis Koelz
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Zosterops palpebrosa amabilis Koelz, 1950: 9 (Sasan, Junagarh, Kathiawar, India).

Now Zosterops palpebrosus egregius Madarász, 1911 View in CoL . See Mees, 1957: 40–51, Mayr, 1967: 294, Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005: 551, and van Balen, 2008: 446–447.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 803074 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Sasan , 21.10N, 70.26E ( Lozupone et al., 2004), Junagarh, Kathiawar Peninsula, India, on 30 January 1949, by Walter Koelz. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Apparently, Koelz had the single specimen. In the original description, the type with the above data was said to be deposited in AMNH. However, it was in fact first deposited in FMNH, where it was given FMNH no. 246529, and was later returned to AMNH.

This population from the Kathiawar Peninsula has been treated differently by the several authors who have discussed it. It was recognized by Mayr (1967: 294), with a footnote saying that the Kathiawar Peninsula birds are ‘‘distinctly brighter than populations from the range of egregia. ’’ Mees (1957: 40–51) considered amabilis a synonym of egregius. Dickinson (2003: 625) did not mention amabilis, but restricted egregius to Sri Lanka and, according to the ranges given, considered amabilis a synonym of palpebrosus . Rasmussen and Anderton (2005: 551) tentatively recognized amabilis but noted that it was similar to occidentalis; van Balen (2008: 446) synonymized both amabilis and occidentalis with egregius. Undoubtedly, further study is called for.

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. 1950. New subspecies of birds from southwestern Asia. American Museum Novitates 1452: 1 - 10.

Lozupone, P., B. M. Beehler, and S. D. Ripley. 2004. Ornithological gazetteer of the Indian subcontinent. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 190 pp.

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.

Rasmussen, P. G., and J. C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of south Asia. The Ripley Guide, vol. 2: Attributes and status. Washington, DC, and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, 683 pp.

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.