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Colius leucocephalus

Colius leucocephalus

Reichenow, 1879

GBIF:212447828

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Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, nor were inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for just one specimen and the locality “ Kinakomba (Ostafrica) ” were given. Fischer & Reichenow (1879: 341) listed only one individual (no. 362) for this species; its measurements are identical to that in Reichenow (1879 b), so it is regarded as the holotype. Another (now missing) specimen (no. 730) was collected later on the Ronga River (Kenya, 1883) (Fischer 1884), too late to be included in the type series.
Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A., Bracker, Cordula (2023): Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa. Zootaxa 5334 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1
Holotype: ZMB 24267 (Fischer no. 362, ZMB B 15723), skin, male, collected at Kinakomba, 23.10. [1878]. Type locality: “ Kinakomba (Ostafrica) ” [Kinakomba, Tana River County, Kenya], from the original description and locality of the holotype.
Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A., Bracker, Cordula (2023): Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa. Zootaxa 5334 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1
Now: Colius leucocephalus leucocephalus Reichenow, 1879 b. See Peters (1945: 146).
Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A., Bracker, Cordula (2023): Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa. Zootaxa 5334 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1

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Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A., Bracker, Cordula (2023): Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa. Zootaxa 5334 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1

Abstract

Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848–1886) was an important German naturalist and ornithological collector in Africa. The extensive ornithological collections from his several expeditions were sent to at least two different museums (Zoological Museum Berlin and Zoological Museum Hamburg), and to a smaller extent, some private sales are assumed. Together with Anton Reichenow, Fischer described many species new to science, so the many types in the collections make them especially important. We located 616 bird specimens in the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Museum der Natur Hamburg along with a few further specimens in the collections of the Museum Heineanum Halberstadt, the Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Natural History Museum-UK (Tring), the American Museum of Natural History, New York and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Among these, type specimens for 133 species and subspecies of birds were traced. For all of them, an update of the collecting localities with particular emphasis on some previously unknown locations is provided. A taxonomic update of the described species is given and a designation of lectotypes for the following four taxa was necessary: Francolinus Altumi G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884, Accipiter minullus tropicalis Reichenow, 1898, Hypochera ultramarina var. orientalis Reichenow, 1894 and Spinus citrinelloides frontalis Reichenow, 1904b.

Frahnert S, Turner D A, Bracker C, plazi (2023). Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6hu26z accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 8/18/2023View dataset
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212447828
Dataset Key
86bd1537-578b-462b-ae18-c669bc6e0dce
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5229463
Taxon ID
03DC9465E232FFCBAFF1FC001F5112A1.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
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6/9/2026