Lophura erythrophthalma ( Raffles, 1822 )

Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 39-49 : 44

2145 [1583]. Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma ( Raffles, 1822)

Describedȱ byȱ Rafflesȱ (1822)ȱ underȱ aȱ newȱ name,ȱ Phasianus erythrophthalmus , and Stanley listedȱ aȱ maleȱ specimenȱ underȱ thisȱ nameȱ inȱ 1825.ȱ Vigorsȱ (Rafflesȱ 1830)ȱ transferredȱ theȱ species to Gallus . The skin of the relaxed mount is at NML (accession number D1583) and had been labelled with red tags as ‘one of the types of the species’. However, the probable collection date of this specimen (1824) would make this impossible. There are two syntypes from the East India Company Museum at NHMUK, both also former mounts. Interestingly they both had been labelled (as Acamus erythrophthalmus ) with the same accession number ([18]80.1.1.1810). Warren (1966) listed one adult male and one female syntype at NHMUK. However, the specimens are both male, one adult and one juvenile.