Totanus pedestris

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Totanus pedestris Lesson Totanus pedestris Lesson, 1831, Traité d’Orn. 7: 552 (Mariannes, Timor). Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816). -Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2012-155 [MNHN A.C. 13377], adult 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: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cte le Natte / Expedit. du Capitne Baudin / an 11 / Timor p. Mgé / T. brevipes Cuv. (type). Pedestal label: Le Chevalier aux pieds courts / Tringa brevipes. Cuv. / de Timor: par Maugé. Comments. Lesson referred to (a) bird(s) from the Marianas (Quoy and Gaimard), an additional one from the Marianas and the bird from the Baudin expedition. Lesson aged the Maugé bird incorrectly as a young bird. The MNHN specimen was catalogued around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4) and represents the sole specimen of this species until 1856 when a specimen collected by Constantin de Sabir in the Amur region was added to the collection. The syntype listed here also serves as the holotype of Totanus brevipes Vieillot 1816, for comments see above. The type locality of the Timor bird is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Totanus pedestris or ‘foot’.