Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History Part 8. Passeriformes: Pachycephalidae, Aegithalidae, Remizidae, Paridae, Sittidae, Neosittidae, Certhiidae, Rhabdornithidae, Climacteridae, Dicaeidae, Pardalotidae, and Nectariniidae

Abstract

This eighth part of ''Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History'' includes taxa covered in volume 12 of the Check-list of Birds of the World (Paynter, 1967) except for the families Zosteropidae and Meliphagidae, which will comprise a separate part. The original description of each form has been consulted unless otherwise noted, coordinates for type localities are given when possible, currently accepted names for the taxa included, and comments on taxonomic history provided. In all, 419 names are treated, five of these being replacement names; 102 of them were introduced by G.M. Mathews. Types of 12 of these names are not in AMNH or were not found. Four paratypes are discussed, the holotypes of which were almost certainly destroyed in World War II.This part of the type list, as well as all previous parts, are searchable and available for download from the AMNH Library web site: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/.

Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae

“…As did earlier parts (Greenway, 1973(Greenway, , 1978(Greenway, , 1987LeCroy and Sloss, 2000;and LeCroy, 2003and LeCroy, , 2005and LeCroy, , 2008and LeCroy, , 2010and LeCroy, , 2011and LeCroy, , 2012, this part follows the order of Peters' Check-list series, which is the basis for the arrangement of the AMNH collection. Since the publication of this series, DNA studies of the phylogeny of birds have greatly altered our understanding of avian relationships, about which there is as yet no consensus of opinion.…”

“…Paratypes for taxa for which the primary type or types are not in AMNH are usually not listed. The reader is referred to earlier parts of this type list by LeCroy and Sloss (2000), and LeCroy (2003LeCroy ( , 2005LeCroy ( , 2008LeCroy ( , 2010LeCroy ( , 2011LeCroy ( , 2012 for expanded explanation of the introductory material.…”

Type Specimens of Birds In the American Museum of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, and Tersininae

“…As did earlier parts (Greenway, 1973(Greenway, , 1978(Greenway, , 1987LeCroy and Sloss, 2000;and LeCroy, 2003and LeCroy, , 2005and LeCroy, , 2008and LeCroy, , 2010and LeCroy, , 2011, this part follows the order of Peters' Check-list series, which is the basis for the arrangement of the AMNH collection. There have been many modifications to this classification in recent years, particularly with the advent of DNA studies, and there is as yet no consensus regarding relationships and arrangement within the Emberizidae.…”

A population of the rare Northern Shrike-tit that forages and breeds in a seasonally inundated paperbark woodland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

“…Only three years later it was discovered in the Northern Territory at Borroloola Station on the McArthur River in the southeastern corner of the Top End. Somewhat ironically, although Hill had been stationed there for six months during 1911-1912, it was Henry (Harry) Barnard who found the species at Borroloola and collected a specimen in June 1913, and its nest and egos in January 2014 (Barnard 1914;White 1914;LeCroy 2010). Remarkably however, the species has not been seen since in the region or anywhere nearby, despite numerous sutveys in the McArthur River area (Robinson & Woinarski 1992).…”