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Fringilla tricolor
Fringilla tricolor
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Fringilla tricolor Vieillot Fringilla tricolor Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Dict. Nat. éd. 12: 233 (Timor). Erythrura tricolor Now: Erythrura tricolor (Vieillot, 1817). - Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-509 [MNHN A.C. 6584], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé. Pedestal underside: Erythrura tricolor / Mr Maugé ♂ (V.) / Timor / acq. Temminck. Pedestal label: Erythrura tricolor / V. / M. Maugé Timor. Comments. The number of specimens was not specified by Vieillot, but he does mention a difference between the male and female. There was only one specimen noted in the inventory catalogue (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3) until another bird was donated by Temminck in 1841. The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Erythrura tricolor or ‘tricoloured’ (Jobling 2017).
- Scientific name
- Fringilla tricolor
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Fringilla
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