Chloropeta massaica G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 54

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 : 34

Chloropeta massaica G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 54 .

Now: Iduna natalensis massaica (G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) . See Fregin et al. (2009); but see also White (1960: 416); Mayr et al. (1986: 83).

Holotype: ZMH 6910 ( Fischer no. 759), male, skin, former mount, collected at “Komboko am Kilima Ndjaro”, [31.03.1883].

Type locality: “ Tschaga (Fuss des Kilimandjaro)” [= Komboko in Chagga (Tchagga) country, Arusha Region / Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania], 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 individual and the locality “Tschaga (Fuss des Kilimandjaro)” were given. Fischer (1884) listed one specimen for this species with the same measurements as in the description, the collector’s number 759 with “Komboko” as the locality, which was in “Tschaga (Chagga) country”, so ZMH 6910 is the holotype. ZMH 6910 was also mentioned as type specimen in Bolau (1898).