James Jobling
Well-known member
Cyanoloxia Bonaparte 1850, Conspectus Generum Avium, 1 (2), p. 502. All current listings give the type of this genus as Pyrrhula glauco-caerulea Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, based on the designation by Hellmayr 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publications, Zool. Series XIII, Cat. Birds Americas, part XI, p. 105, which also refers to earlier designations of type by elimination by Ridgway 1901, and by Dabbene 1910. However, they all seem to have ignored Bonaparte's own type designation of Loxia caerulea in Bonaparte & Schlegel 1850, Monographie des Loxiens, page vi, which is referred to in the Richmond Card Index. I have quoted these various references in the Key. Does this mean a new genus name for glaucocaerulea or what am I missing?
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