Lalage karu albidior Hartert

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 73

Lalage karu albidior Hartert

Lalage karu albidior Hartert, 1924b: 208 (New Hanover).

Now Lalage leucomela albidior Hartert, 1924 . See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 389.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 564039 , adult male, collected on New Hanover Island, 02°35′S, 150°10′E ( Papua New Guinea General Reference Map , 1984), New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, on 21 February 1923, by Albert F. Eichhorn for Albert S. Meek (no. 8203). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1924b: 208) cited Meek’s number of the type in the original description and stated that he had four male and four female specimens (including the type). The paratypes are now AMNH 564040–564046.