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Glareola grallaria
Glareola grallaria
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Glareola grallaria Temminck Glareola grallaria Temminck, 1820, Man. d’Orn.: 503 (l’Austral-Asie). Stiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816). See van den Hoek Ostende et al. 1997: 70 and Voisin and Voisin 2012: 51. - Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-162 [MNHN A.C. 13084], male non-breeding, 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: n°161 de Péron / asie australe / expédition de découverte / an 11. / Glareola australis / Leach ♂. 3. Glareola grallaria Tem. / Glareola / Glareola isabella / Vieill. type / gal. 263. Pedestal label: Glareola grallaria (Tem.) / M. Péron Australie / Gl. isabellina V. (T.). SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-453 [MNHN A.C. 13083], female (moulting in summer-plumage), 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: De Péron / No 161 / A. / Glareola isabella Vieillot / Glareola grallaria Temm. / Glareola Australia Leach / F 3 / ♀ / A. Pedestal label: Glareola grallaria ♀ / (Tem.) / M. Péron Australie SYNTYPE: RMNH.AVES.87.567, adult male non-breeding, 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: Glareola grallaria /♀ Temm Manuel / Cat. N.o 1 / Mus. Par / Australie. Pedestal label: Glareola grallaria ♀ ad: Cat. 1 / Musée de Paris Australie. Comments. Temminck did not mention the number of specimens or in which collection he examined them. The MNHN specimens were catalogued around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4) and represent the only specimens of this species. The MNHN syntypes are also the type material of Glareola isabella Vieillot 1816. The type locality is erroneous (l’Austral-Asie), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Temminck named this species Glareola grallaria or ‘stilt-walker’ (Jobling 2017).
- Scientific name
- Glareola grallaria
- Family
- Glareolidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Glareola
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