Alauda poecilosterna Reichenow, 1879d: 155

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 : 30

Alauda poecilosterna Reichenow, 1879d: 155 .

Now: Calendulauda poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879) . See Mayr & Greenway (1960: 20); White (1961: 27).

Holotype: ZMB 24270 (Fischer no. 394), skin, male, collected at Kibaradja, 12.11.[1878].

Type locality: Kibaradja (Africa orientalis) [Kibaradja, Tana River County, Kenya], from the original description and 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 “Kibaradja” were given. Fischer & Reichenow (1879) mentioned just one specimen for this species (no. 394), with the same measurements as in the description, so ZMB 24270 is regarded as a holotype for this species. Additional Fischer specimens of this species: ZMB 27560 (no. 975, female, “Klein Aruscha”, [01.08.]1883) and ZMH 6913 (no. 696, female, “Ebene bei Pare”, 02.03.[18]83) were collected in 1883, too late to be types for this species. However, they later formed the type series for Megalophonus massaicus G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 55 (as detailed below).