Lusciola africana G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 182

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 44

Lusciola africana G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 182 .

Now: Luscinia megarhynchos africana (G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) . See Deignan et al. (1964: 41).

Holotype: ZMB 27015 (B 18604, Fischer no. 716), skin, former mount, [male], collected at “Klein-Aruscha”, 16.03.[18]83.

Type locality: “Klein-Aruscha am Kilimandjaro ” [Arusha Chini , Arusha Region, Tanzania], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one specimen and the locality “Klein-Aruscha am Kilimandjaro ” were given. As Fischer (1884) listed only one specimen for this species (no. 716), ZMB 27015 is the holotype. The inventory number was not mentioned on the museum label, but it was labelled as the type specimen. Although noted as missing in the catalogue around 1950, it seems to be the only Fischer specimen of this species, so must be the type.