Cosmopsarus regius Reichenow, 1879a: 107–108 .

Now: Lamprotornis regius (Reichenow, 1879) . See Amadon et al. (1962: 102).

Holotype: ZMB 24260 (Fischer no. 373), skin, male, collected at “Massa”, 02.11.1878.

Type locality: “ Massa” [ Masabubu, Tana River County, Kenya], from the original description as well as 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 “Massa” were given. Fischer & Reichenow (1879) listed one specimen (no. 373) for this species, and with no other Fischer specimen of this species, ZMB 24260 is the holotype .