Species profile
Drymoica chloris
Drymoica chloris
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TYPE MATERIAL: There is no indication in Sundevall (1850: 104) that there was more than a single specimen available, rather he states that he had no access to any female: “ f # ignota ”. In Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue there is a reference to a single specimen, and in his list of duplicates the species is not mentioned. The holotype is NRM 568777 [6752 a], a male collected 11 February 1840 in Pietermaritzburg. This was supported by Gyldenstolpe (1926: 40 – 41), who also identified it as a juvenile specimen of Cisticola natalensis natalensis. Drymoica chloris Sundevall, 1850 is thus a junior subjective synonym of Drymoica natalensis A. Smith, 1843. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Drymoica chloris
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Drymoica
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