Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus Hartert, 1910

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 : 118

Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus Hartert

Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus Hartert, 1910a: 776

(Berg Arisan).

Now Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus Hartert, 1910 .

See Cheng, 1987: 563, and Brewer and MacKay,

2001: 166.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 573935 , adult female, collected on Mount Ali (or Ari , also called Mount Tuikao ), 21 mi E of Kiayi ( Seltzer, 1962: 45), Taiwan, Republic of China, on 13 December 1906, by Alan Owston’s Japanese collectors. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert (1910a: 776) stated that he had three female specimens, all from Mt. Ali. Hartert (1920: 504) designated as lectotype a ‘‘male’’ collected on Mt. Ali on 13 December 1906. Only the three female specimens originally listed came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, and AMNH 573935 is the only one collected on 13 December 1906; it seems that reference to it as a ‘‘male’’ was a misprint. It bears the Rothschild type label, and I consider it the lectotype. The paralectotypes are AMNH 573936, female, collected 16 December 1906, and AMNH 573937, female, collected 5 December 1906.