Prionops poliolophus, G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 180

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 : 24-25

Prionops poliolophus, G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 180 .

Now: Prionops poliolophus, G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 . See Mayr & Greenway (1960); White (1962b: 10).

Holotype: ZMB 27412 (B 18657, Fischer no. 804), skin, former mount, female, collected at “Naiwascha See ” (Lake Naivasha), 10.05.1883.

Type locality: “ Naiwascha See” [ Lake Naivasha , Nakuru County, Kenya], from the original description and locality of the holotype .

Remarks: In the original description, no type was chosen, nor were there inventory numbers for specimens provided, but there was only one specimen, a female, and the locality was given. Furthermore, Fischer (1884) listed one specimen (Fischer no. 804) for this species, and so ZMB 27412 is considered the holotype. The ZMH houses a further Fischer specimen of this species (ZMH 8232, skin, former mount, female, 1883, Naivasha). However, it was clearly stated in the original description and in Fischer (1884) that there was only one specimen. Furthermore, on the original label of ZMH 8232 the species name Prionops talacoma Smith was written first but revised later to Prionops poliolophus . Thus, this specimen is not regarded as a type, though it was mistakenly considered as such by Bolau (1898).