L Scientific Publications of the American Museum of Natural History E CROY: AMNH TYPE SPECIMENS 12 OF BIRDS, PART American Museum Novitates TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE A MERICAN Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History MUSEUM OF NATUR AL HISTORY Publications Committee Robert S. Voss, Chair PART 12. PASSERIFORMES: PLOCEIDAE, STURNIDAE, Board of Editors BUPHAGIDAE, ORIOLIDAE, DICRURIDAE, Jin Meng, Paleontology CALLAEIDAE, GRALLINIDAE, CORCORACIDAE, Lorenzo Prendini, Invertebrate Zoology Robert S. Voss, Vertebrate Zoology ARTAMIDAE, CRACTICIDAE, PTILONORHYNCHIDAE, Peter M. Whiteley, Anthropology CNEMOPHILIDAE, PARADISAEIDAE, AND CORVIDAE Managing Editor Mary Knight MARY LECROY Submission procedures can be found at http://research.amnh.org/scipubs All issues of Novitates and Bulletin are available on the web (http://digitallibrary.amnh. org/dspace). Order printed copies on the web from: http://shop.amnh.org/a701/shop-by-category/books/scientific-publications.html or via standard mail from: American Museum of Natural History—Scientific Publications Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper). AMNH BULLETIN 393 O n t h e c o v e r : Sericulus bakeri, male and female. Spe- cies first collected in 1929 by R.H. Beck at an unknown local- ity in New Guinea, named Xanthomelas bakeri by J.P. Chapin in 1929; and found living in the Adelbert Mountains, Papua New Guinea, by Margaret and E.T. Gilliard in 1959. From Birds 2014 of Paradise and Bowerbirds by W.T. Cooper and J.M. Forshaw, ©W.T. Cooper, used with permission. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PART 12. PASSERIFORMES: PLOCEIDAE, STURNIDAE, BUPHAGIDAE, ORIOLIDAE, DICRURIDAE, CALLAEIDAE, GRALLINIDAE, CORCORACIDAE, ARTAMIDAE, CRACTICIDAE, PTILONORHYNCHIDAE, CNEMOPHILIDAE, PARADISAEIDAE, AND CORVIDAE MARY LECROY Department of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) American Museum of Natural History BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Number 393, 165 pp., 1 figure Issued December 30, 2014 Copyright E American Museum of Natural History 2014 ISSN 0003-0090 CONTENTS Abstract........................................................ 3 Introduction . .................................................... 3 Ploceidae........................................................ 4 Sturnidae........................................................ 31 Buphagidae...................................................... 42 Oriolidae........................................................ 43 Dicruridae....................................................... 51 Callaeidae....................................................... 60 Grallinidae. .................................................... 60 Corcoracidae . .................................................... 60 Artamidae....................................................... 62 Cracticidae....................................................... 68 Ptilonorhynchidae ................................................. 79 Cnemophilidae .................................................... 91 Paradisaeidae..................................................... 92 Corvidae........................................................ 112 Acknowledgments................................................. 136 References....................................................... 137 Index.......................................................... 157 2 ABSTRACT This 12th and last part of ‘‘Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History’’ includes taxa in the passerine families included in volume 15 of Peters’ Check-list of birds of the world (Mayr and Greenway, 1962). The original description of each name has been consulted and the currently accepted name of the taxon has been listed with reference to recent publications. The coordinates and modern names of type localities are given when found and comments on taxonomic history are provided. In this part, 355 names are treated. This part of the type list, as well as all previous parts, are searchable and available for download from the AMNH Library website (http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/). INTRODUCTION specimens in the type series are given in boldface type the first time they are men- This 12th and final part of ‘‘Type speci- tioned. If the catalog number of a specimen is mens of birds in the American Museum of followed by ‘‘bis,’’ it has been inserted into Natural History’’ deals with taxa covered in the catalog between two previously cataloged volume 15 of Peters’ Check-list of birds of the specimens. world (Mayr and Greenway, 1962). As did Details concerning the Rothschild Collec- earlier parts (Greenway, 1973, 1978, 1987; tion (including the G.M. Mathews Collec- LeCroy and Sloss, 2000; and LeCroy, 2003, tion), purchased by AMNH in 1932, have 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), this part been included in the introductions to previous follows the order of Peters’ Check-list series, parts of this type list. Suffice it to say here, I which is the basis for the arrangement of the have avoided the use of ‘‘Tring Museum’’ AMNH collection. In total, the AMNH is with reference to Rothschild types, as the bird known to hold primary types (holotypes, collection of the Natural History Museum lectotypes, neotypes, or syntypes) for some (formerly the British Museum (Natural His- 6500 avian names. In the case of syntypes, the tory), BMNH, is now housed on the Tring number of specimens varies and is frequently estate and this is a source of possible more than one. confusion. Hartert (1929a, 1931a, 1931b) In the years since the publication of this had begun separately listing the Mathews’ series began, DNA studies of the phylogeny types held in the Rothschild Collection, and I of birds have greatly altered our understand- have referred to them whenever Mathews’ ing of avian relationships, about which there names included in this part of the AMNH is as yet no complete consensus of opinion. In type list were covered by Hartert. the text, I have tried to include references to I have designated the following lectotypes recent taxonomic and nomenclatural studies. in part 12: Passer domesticus biblicus, Passer The format for this part follows that for domesticus halfae, Aethiopsar cristatellus for- previous ones. The citation of the name and mosanus, Acridotheres cristatellus brevipennis, of the type locality is first given exactly as it Manucodia ater subalter, Paradisaea apoda appeared in the original description, which I subintermedia, Dendrocitta sinensis insulae, have seen unless otherwise noted. In the text Coloeus monedula cirtensis, and Corvus cor- portion, the name of the type locality has onoides hainanus. been updated when it has changed, with the Types that might be expected to be in older name given in parentheses, and coordi- AMNH, which were either not found or were nates in degrees and minutes are given when found to be elsewhere, are listed in brackets. found. Coordinates cited from ‘‘Times Atlas’’ Paratypes for taxa for which no primary type are taken from Atlas of the World (Times of or types are deposited in AMNH are usually London, 1967). Coordinates given in decimal not listed. The reader is referred to earlier degrees in the gazetteer included in Frith and parts of this type list by LeCroy and Sloss Beehler (1998: 566–572) are converted here to (2000) and LeCroy (2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, degrees and minutes using the conversion 2011, 2012, and 2013) for expanded explana- formula they provide. AMNH numbers for tion of the introductory material. 3 4 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 393 The following acronyms are used in the ROM Royal Ontario Museum, Toron- text: to, Canada SAMA South Australian Museum, Ade- AM Australian Museum, Sydney, laide, South Australia Australia SNSD Staatlichen Naturhistorischen AMNH American Museum of Natural Sammlungen Dresden, Germany History, New York UMMZ University of Michigan Museum ANWC Australian National Wildlife of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michi- Collection, Canberra, Australia gan AOU American Ornithologists’ Union UMZC University Museum of Zoology, BMNH Natural History Museum, Tring, Cambridge, United Kingdom United Kingdom UMB U¨ bersee-Museum, Bremen, Ger- CAS California Academy of Sciences, many San Francisco, California USBGN United States Board on Geo- CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and graphic Names Industrial Research Organiza- USNM National Museum of Natural tion, Canberra, Australia History, Washington, DC DMNH Delaware Museum of Natural ZFMK Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut History, Wilmington, Delaware und Museum Alexander Koenig, FMNH Field Museum of Natural Histo- Bonn, Germany ry, Chicago, Illinois ZMB Museum fu¨r Naturkunde, Zen- HLW H.L. White Collection, MV, tralinstitut der Humboldt-Uni- Melbourne, Australia versita¨t, Institut fu¨r Systema- ICZN International Commission on tische Zoologie, Berlin Zoological Nomenclature ZMO Zoological Museum, Oslo, Nor- LIVCM Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, way (formerly Christiania Muse- United Kingdom um) MNHN Muse´um National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France MSNG Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘‘Giacomo Doria,’’ Genoa, Italy PLOCEIDAE MV Museum of Victoria, Mel- bourne, Australia PASSERINAE MZB Museum Zoologicum Bogor- Plocepasser mahali ansorgei Hartert iense, Cibinong, Java, Indonesia MZUF Museo di Storia Naturale, Flor- Plocepasser mahali