Crateropus squamulatus Shelley, 1884: 45

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 : 38-39

Crateropus squamulatus Shelley, 1884: 45 .

Now: Turdoides squamulata squamulata ( Shelley, 1884) . See Deignan et al. (1964: 344).

Holotype: BMNH 1895.5 .1.1328 (Fischer no. 104), skin, male, collected at “Mombassa”, 23.07.1877.

Type locality: “ Mombassa ” [ Mombasa Island, Mombasa County, Kenya], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description BMNH 1895.5.1.1328 was chosen as the type specimen and is therefore the holotype. The specimen, which belonged to the private collection of Captain Shelley before being incorporated into the BMNH collection ( Warren & Harrison 1971: 525), is identified from its collection data. The collector’s number was added following Fischer & Reichenow (1878b) where the specimen was listed under the name Crateropus kirkii (Sharpe, RB) .