Species profile
Bradyornis ater
Bradyornis ater
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TYPE MATERIAL: In his type description, Sundevall (1850: 105) mentioned both males and females. According to his acquisition catalogue he actually had four specimens at hand. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 62) refers to NRM 568759 [6848] as a “ type ”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 19 April 1840 in Durban. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 568758 [6850], a male collected 16 October 1843 in Saulspoort (Mohapoani); NRM 568757 [6851], a female collected 12 December 1841 in Magalisberg; and a male [6849] collected 13 October 1843 in Saulspoort sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Bradyornis ater
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Bradyornis
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