Species profile
Crucirostra brachyrhynchos
Crucirostra brachyrhynchos
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COMMENTS: In the original description, Brehm did not enumerate his specimens. Hartert (1918: 12) listed the above male, collected at Renthendorf in February 1819 as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype. It is labeled Crucirostra brachyrhynchos by Brehm, and on the reverse of the Brehm label, it is labeled ‘‘ Nr. 4 ’’ and compared with ‘‘ Nr. 3. ’’ C. brachyrhynchos is number 4 in the list of forms discussed in this 1853 paper and is pictured as number 4 in the unnumbered plate of heads shown opposite page 182. Most of the specimens cataloged at AMNH as brachyrhynchos were exchanged to ZFMK.
- Scientific name
- Crucirostra brachyrhynchos
- Genus
- Crucirostra
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