Corvus splendens maledivicus Reichenow, 1904 : 356

Steinheimer, Frank D., 2009, The type specimens of Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrocitta vagabunda, Zootaxa 2149 (1), pp. 1-49 : 24

Corvus splendens maledivicus Reichenow, 1904: 356

TL: Suvadiva-Inseln , südliche Malediven [Suvadiva Atoll, Southern Maldives; 0°30’N, 73°15’ E].

Now Corvus splendens maledivicus Reichenow, 1904 . See Meinertzhagen 1926: 107, Blake & Vaurie 1962: 264, Madge & Burn 1999: 139, Dickinson 2003: 512, Dickinson et al. 2004b: 122.

HOLOTYPE: ZMB 99.2243 [late registration]. [No sex or age given]. Loc.: Suvadivainseln [Southern Maldives]. Date: 20 February 1899. Coll.: Edelmann, Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition. [S, Mus, Meise MS].

COMMENTS: Anton Reichenow referred to this single specimen only. The ship Valdivia of the Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition (= German Deep Sea Expedition) left Hamburg on 31 July 1898, and returned to that town 9 months later. The collector of the specimen, Edelmann, was not among the official scientists on board so was most probably a ship’s crew member.