Species profile
Diglossa pectoralis
Diglossa pectoralis
Quick answer
Type series: Cabanis (1873 c: 318) based this species on an unspecified number of specimens deposited in the ZMB. The Accession Catalogue of the ZMB listed only one relevant specimen, which is thus the holotype of this species. We did not find this specimen in 2008. Holotype (lost): ZMB 21341 (B- 9980), unsexed, collected by Jelski on an unknown date [= May to August 1871] at " Maraynioc " [= Maraynioc, Peru]. Type locality: " Maraynioc " (Cabanis 1873 c: 318), i. e. Maraynioc, Peru [11.37 ° S, 75.40 ° W].
- Scientific name
- Diglossa pectoralis
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Diglossa
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