Loxia quinticolor

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Loxia quinticolor Vieillot Loxia quinticolor Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant.: 85 (Timor). Lonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807). - Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-500 [MNHN A.C. 6506], 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: (Sticker): Asie Aust Cvtte Le Natte / Loxia quinticolor, Vieill. / Expedit. du Capne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Maugé. 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / (V.) / M. Maugé Timor. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-501 [MNHN A.C. 6505], 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: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte le Natte / Loxia quinticolor / Expedit. du Catne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Vieill. / Maugé. 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / ((V.) / M. Maugé Timor. SYNTYPE: NMW 35569 [NMW 1815.XXXVI.117], adult, 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 label: Amadina quinticolor / 1815 XXXVI - 117 / Von Pariser Mus. In kauf / Molukken / no 121. SYNTYPE (lost): The bird is documented in a Temminck (1807: 112 no 994). No specific specimens were located. Comments. The number of specimens is not mentioned in the type-description nor is the collection mentioned. The two MNHN specimens are the only remaining specimens (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Amadina quinticolor or ‘five-coloured’ (Jobling 2017).