Ocypterus albiventer Lesson

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 475

Ocypterus albiventer Lesson

Ocypterus albiventer Lesson, 1831, Traité d’Orn. 5: 370 (Timor).

Artamus leucorynchus albiventer (Lesson, 1831). See Valenciennes 1820: 22 and Mees 1982: 161-162. - Now

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-514 [MNHN A.C. 9599], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: (Sticker) Asie. Aust. Cvte le Natte / Expedit. du. Captne Baudin / au 11 / Timor par Maugé. 2. Lelangrayer / ent.9.f.1. / Lanius leucorhynchos , L. / Artamus leucorhynchos / Vieillot. Pedestal label: Le Langrayen a ventre blanc. / Val. Mem. Mus. VI. Pl. 7. fig. 87? / Lanius leucorhynchos . Lan. Dominicanus. Gm. / De Timor: par Maugé.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2016-524 [MNHN A.C. 9601], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Tag: Artamus leucorhynchus albiventris (Lesson) / Timor / (other side) "expedition du Capitaine Baudin / Artamus par Maugé” / " Langrayen a ventre Blache.

SYNTYPE: NMW 5.464 [NMW 1810.XXIII.2], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

No original label.

SYNTYPE: NMW 70.486 [NMW 1815.XXXVI.28], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal label: N 29 Lanius / 127 / leucorhynchus / Pie-Grieche de Manille / v. pariser Museum / Artamus / Artamus leucorhynchus / 1815.

Comments.

Lesson did not specify how many birds were examined, only that they originated from Timor and were brought back by Maugé. These were the only specimens in the collection until a specimen arrived from the Philippines via Maison Verreaux in 1837 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). Mees (1982) drew attention to an issue regarding Lesson’s name, which included reference to the specimens collected by Maugé listed above, but could be interpreted as a replacement name for Ocypterus leucogaster Valenciennes 1820. The issue is not yet solved, and more research is needed. The type locality is restricted to: Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Lesson named this species Ocypterus albiventer or ‘white-bellied’ ( Jobling 2017).