Species profile
Burnt-necked Eremomela
Eremomela usticollis
Quick answer
TYPE MATERIAL: In his description, Sundevall (1850: 102) gave no indication that he had more than a single specimen at hand. From his acquisition catalogue it appears that the type series actually consisted of six specimens. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 50) referred to NRM 569704 [6710] as a “ type ”, here treated as a lectotype designation. It is a male collected 22 June 1844 in Leroma (near Pilanesberg). The five paralectotypes are: NRM 90166578 [6706], a female (according to the label) collected 27 November 1841 in the Magaliesberg; NRM 90166579 [6707], a female collected 1 December 1841 in the Magaliesberg; NRM 90166580 [6709], a female collected 31 December 1841 near Limpopo River, but Crocodile River (Hartebeespoort) according to his journal and other specimens; a male [6705] collected 22 November 1841 in the Magaliesberg sent on exchange to Bremen in 1870; and a male [6708] collected 1 December 1841 in the Magaliesberg, exchanged to Berlin in 1853 (and still present in the ZMB collection). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Leroma (near Pilanesberg), North West Province.
- Scientific name
- Eremomela usticollis
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Eremomela
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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