Megalophonus Fischeri Reichenow, 1878

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 : 31

Megalophonus Fischeri Reichenow, 1878 (in Fischer & Reichenow 1878): 266.

Now: Mirafra rufocinnamomea fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) . See Mayr & Greenway (1960: 14).

Holotype: ZMB 23539 (Fischer no. 120), skin, male, collected at “Rabai (Wanika) bei Mombas”, 24.07.1877.

Type locality: “Rabai, Mombas, Lamu, Formosabay” and “Wito” as in the original description, ascertained as “Rabai (Wanika) bei Mombas” [ Rabai near Mombasa, Kilifi County, Kenya], the locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description, no type was explicitly chosen, but one specimen with measurements and collecting number 120 was given. Therefore, ZMB 23539 is the holotype for this species. Fischer & Reichenow (1878) gave further localities (“Mombas, Lamu, Formosabay”, Wito) citing them as localities given in Fischer (1878b) as observations. Fischer mentioned that he had observed a new species and already cited the name Megalophonus Fischeri in his 1878 article. As only one specimen was collected, the type locality of the holotype is ascertained as “Rabai (Wanika) bei Mombas” [Rabai near Mombasa, Kilifi County, Kenya]. Although another such specimen is listed in a sales list ( Reichenow 1878b), its whereabouts are unknown.