Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis Hellmayr, 1906

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 : 123

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2003)278<0001:tsobit>2.0.co;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12776043
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scientific name	Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis Hellmayr
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Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis Hellmayr View in CoL

Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis Hellmayr, 1906: 354 View in CoL (Lita, N.W. Ecuador, 3000 ft. elevation).

Now Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis Hellmayr, 1906 View in CoL . See Brewer and MacKay, 2001: 192.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 501838 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Lita , 3000 ft, 00°52′N, 78°28′W ( Paynter, 1993: 111), Imbabura, Ecuador, on 4 October by R. Miketta and G. Flemming (no. 210). From the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: In the original description, the type was said to be in the Rothschild Collection and the Miketta and Flemming no. 210 was cited. Hellmayr (1906: 354) said that he had examined more than 20 specimens of this form from the following localities: Lita, Cachiyacu, 3200 ft, Pambilár, 60 ft., and Cachabı´, 500 ft. The following specimens were found to be paratypes: AMNH 501839–501841 from Lita, AMNH 501842 from Cachiyacu, and AMNH 502843 from Cachabı´.