Astrapia stephaniae ducalis Mayr, 1931

Steinheimer, Frank D., 2005, The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Zootaxa 1072 (1), pp. 1-25 : 11

Astrapia stephaniae ducalis Mayr, 1931

Mayr, E. (1931): Die Vögel des Saruwaged­ und Herzoggebirges (NO­Neuguinea). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17(5): 711 [639–723].

Now Astrapia stephaniae stephaniae (Finsch, 1885) . See Gilliard and LeCroy 1968: 25, Frith and Beehler 1998: 268, Dickinson 2003: 516, nec Mayr 1962b: 193; Cracraft 1992: 22 synonymized ducalis with ssp. feminina .

HOLOTYPE: ZMB 30.1991 . Adult male. Loc.: Dawong [Herzog Mountains, Papua New Guinea, 6°52' S, 146°46' E]. Date: 29 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1502. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: greyish. Testes: small. Weight: 156gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label].

PARATYPES: ZMB 30.1986 . Female [probably adult according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 24 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1438. Iris: dark. Bill: black. Feet: blackish grey. Ovaries: small. Weight: 136 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label] . ZMB 30.1987 . Immature male [second year according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 24 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1439. Iris: dark. Bill: black. Feet: blackish grey. Testes: small. Weight: 154 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label] . ZMB 30.1988 . Immature male [first year according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 28 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1500. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: dark grey. Testes: small. Weight: 136 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label] . ZMB 30.1989 . Female [probably adult according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 31 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1517. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: black. Ovaries: small. Weight: 137 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label] .

COMMENTS: See Amblyornis inornatus aedificans for details on the trip.