Scotopelia peli fischeri Zedlitz, 1908: 172, 173.

Now: Scotopelia peli Bonaparte, 1850 . See Peters (1940: 123).

Holotype: ZMB 24593 (Fischer no. 406), skin, male, collected at Kau, 10.12.[1878].

Type locality: “ Kau, Ostafrika” [ Kau (Ngau), Tana River County, Kenya], as the description and locality of the holotype .

Remarks: The original description lists only one specimen with the inventory number ZMB 24593, and it is thus regarded here as the holotype.