Species profile
Serinus meridionalis
Serinus meridionalis
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COMMENTS: S. meridionalis Brehm was not among the Brehm types listed by Hartert (1918). Three specimens labeled meridionalis by Brehm were discovered in the AMNH general collection when looking for the syntype of S. orientalis (above). The adult male and female were tied together and are labeled as from Tyrol, given as a locality for this form by Brehm. They are considered syntypes of meridionalis. The third specimen, AMNH 456745, juvenile female, 8 August 1824, Wien, while labeled meridionalis is from a locality given for orientalis. It was also collected on the same day as a juvenile male of orientalis (see above). I have not considered it a syntype of either name.
- Scientific name
- Serinus meridionalis
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Serinus
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