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Muscicapa rivularis
Muscicapa rivularis
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COMMENTS: Under Basileuterus strangulatus, Allen (1889 c: 215) listed these three specimens as syntypes of Wied’s Muscicapa rivularis. AMNH 4292 and 4294 were apparently mounted together and the original label, glued to the AMNH label of the male, notes both ‘‘ Mas. ’’ and ‘‘ Fem. ’’ The original label for AMNH 4293 is glued to its AMNH label and only ‘‘ Mas. ’’ is noted on it. Allen (1889 c: 215) gave Rio Belmonte as the type locality, and Wied (1821: 103) noted that he had found it first on the Rio Belmonte; however, the description of rivularis accompanied the report of his travels around Villa Ilhéos. PEUCEDRAMIDAE
- Scientific name
- Muscicapa rivularis
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Muscicapa
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