l_raty
laurent raty
Tyrannus chubbii Davis 1979
Not sure why, but this one didn't make it into the key. Is there something that I'm overlooking?I don't find the actual thing, but Vuilleumier & Mayr, 1987 noted about it:
Given the above, the name refers to Charles Chubb (31 December 1851 – 25 June 1924), British ornithologist, author of The birds of British Guiana, the second volume of which appeared in 1921. His obituary, published in Ibis, is freely accessible [here] (p.780-782).Tyrannus chubbii Davis, 1979, Pan American Studies, 2 (1) : 39 -- no type locality given.
= Tyrannus melancholicus (Bd).
Although called a "new species" by DAVIS (op. cit.) this taxon is no more than a new name for T. satrapa, the name used by CHUBB (The Birds of British Guiana, Vol. 2, 1921) for a bird from British Guiana (= Guayana). DAVIS (op. cit.) did not give diagnostic characters and did not designate a type specimen, although he described CHUBBS's cited specimen. DAVIS (op. cit.) stated that the use of satrapa for this kingbird was incorrect and that "Accordingly, I will provide a name for Chubb's 'Lesser Yellow-breasted Kingbird' for the benefit of our Field Students." T. chubbi has no nomenclatural validity, and the name must remain in the synonymy of T. melancholicus. Once again we deplore the practice of some ornithologists of naming putative new species without any regard for the rules of zoological nomenclature or for the basic rules of evolutionary biology, and also for publishing such "descriptions" in journals so obscure that they are extremely difficult to obtain, even for authors like ourselves, who have the advantage of superb library facilities at our disposal.
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