Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert, 1903

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Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert

Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert, 1903c: 13 (Mt. Apo, 8000 feet, Mindanao).

Now Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Hartert, 1903 . See Mees, 1969: 238–240, Dickinson et al., 1991: 403, van Balen, 2008: 485, and Fjeldså et al., 2010: 747–760.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 701496 , adult female, collected on Mount Apo (5 Apo Volcano, as on label), 8000 ft, 06.59N, 125.16E ( Dickinson et al., 1991: 415), Mindanao Island , Philippines, in April 1903, by Walter Goodfellow (no. 121). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert listed ‘‘Types s ♀, No. 121, Goodfellow Coll..’’ Only the female specimen, AMNH 701496, bears the number ‘‘121’’ and Mees (1969: 239) considered this specimen the holotype. Dickinson et al. (1991: 403) also considered it the holotype, and I agree. Hartert (1920: 438) listed it as the type, with no mention of the male specimen. AMNH 701491, male, collected on Mount Apo in April 1903 by Goodfellow (no number) is a paratype, as is AMNH 216472, female, collected on Mount Apo in April 1903 by Goodfellow (no. 122). This latter specimen was exchanged to AMNH by Rothschild on 10 September 1927.

Hypocryptadius was considered genus incertae sedis by Mayr (1967: 325). Recent molecular and morphological studies by Fjeldså et al. (2010: 747–760 indicate that Hypocryptadius is a member of the radiation of granivorous passeroid birds. They suggest a basal position for this genus and that it should be retained in a monotypic subfamily, Hypocryptadiinae Hachisuka, 1930.