Species profile
Sylvia flava
Sylvia flava
Quick answer
Holotype: ZMB 4554 (Lichtenstein 1832, Nr. 29 sub “ Sylvia flava ”), skin, ♀, collected by Meyen in “ October ” [= 5 October 1831; Meyen 1835: 266] in “ Manila ” [= the Jalajala Peninsula, Luzon, Philippines; see below]. Type locality. M. H. C. Lichtenstein (1832) and Meyen (1834 a: 79) said that the holotype was collected at “ Manila ”. In his travel report, Meyen (1835: 266) specified that he collected the bird in lowland forest between “ Hali-Hali ” [= Jalajala] and “ Monte Sembrano ” [= Mount Sembrano]. We thus ascertain the type locality as the Jalajala Peninsula between the village of Jalajala [14.35 ° N, 121.32 ° E] and Mount Sembrano [14.39 ° N, 121.37 ° E], southern Luzon, Philippines.
- Scientific name
- Sylvia flava
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sylvia
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