Passer rufocinctus G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 55

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 : 56

Passer rufocinctus G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 55 .

Now: Passer rufocinctus G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a ; but see Amadon et al. (1962: 15).

Syntype: ZMB 27388 (B 18630, Fischer no. 854), mount, male, collected at “Naiwascha”, 11.06.[18]83 .

Syntype (missing): ZMB 27389 (B 18630, Fischer no. 811), mount, male, juvenile, collected at “Naiwascha See ”, [20.]05.[18]83 .

Syntype (missing): ZMB 27390 (B 18630, Fischer no. 855), mount, female, collected at “Naiwascha See ”, [11.]06.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMH 6876 I (Fischer no. 812), skin, male, collected at “Naiwascha”, 20.05.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMH 6876 II (Fischer no. 813), skin, female, collected at “Naiwascha”, 21.05.[18]83 .

Type locality: “ Naiwascha-See (Massai)” [ Lake Naivasha , Nakuru County, Kenya], from the original description as well as locality of the syntypes .

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one specimen and the locality “Naiwascha-See (Massai)” were given. Fischer (1884) listed three specimens (nos. 811, 854 and 855), so all mentioned specimens in Berlin are regarded as syntypes. The two specimens from the ZMH are also included in the type series as they were collected at the same time from the type locality, and the field label gives the name Passer rufocinctus . The whereabouts of the missing specimens in Berlin are unknown; they may have been destroyed during World War II. The field numbers show that the specimens in Hamburg are not the missing Berlin specimens. A further specimen in Berlin (ZMB 2000.32547) was collected in 1885 and therefore cannot be a type. Two specimens (ZMH 6876 (I and II)) were mentioned as types in Bolau (1898). This species is abundant in Naivasha District, so it is not surprising that Fischer collected a number of specimens. However, the exact locality cannot be determined as he collected in so many different locations in the Naivasha area.