Species profile
Drymoica procerula
Drymoica procerula
Quick answer
TYPE MATERIAL: There is no indication in Sundevall’s original description (1850: 104) that he had more than a single specimen at hand, and there is only a single specimen in Sundevall’s manuscript acquisition catalogue. The description is based on a single holotype: NRM 568774 [6755] (cf. also Gyldenstolpe 1926: 42), a study skin of a juvenile male collected 25 May 1840 in Durban. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Drymoica procerula
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Drymoica
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