Species profile
Drymoica fulvifrons
Drymoica fulvifrons
Quick answer
TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description (1850: 104), mentioned both male and female. From his acquisition catalogue it appears that he had four specimens at hand for his description (“ Dr. ad sp. fulvifrons ”). Gyldenstolpe (1926: 42) referred to NRM 568773 [4710] as a “ type ”, which we treat as a lectotype designation; it is an adult male collected 8 December 1839 in Durban. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 90191370 [4709], an adult male collected 10 October 1839 in Durban; NRM 534298 [4711], a mounted female collected in Durban in 1839; and RMNH. AVES. 171375 [4708], a mounted male collected in December 1839 (date illegible, possibly 12 December) in Durban, and exchanged to Leiden in 1850. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Drymoica fulvifrons
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Drymoica
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