Anthus musicus Brehm

LeCroy, M., 2003, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae,, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2003 (278), pp. 1-156 : 54

publication ID	0003-0090
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scientific name	Anthus musicus Brehm
status

Treatment

Anthus musicus Brehm, 1831: 336 (wandert durch Mit

teldeutschland).

Now Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert,

1918b: 24, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 122.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 458209 About AMNH , adult male, died at Renthendorf , 50°48′N, 11°58′E (Gazetteer 43, USGBN), Germany, on 30 October 1825. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: As Hartert (1918b: 24) noted, Brehm wrote on the original label that this was a cage bird (‘‘zahm gestorben’’) and that it is the type of this taxon (‘‘Urexemplar’’). Brehm rarely marked his type specimens.