Atlapetes semirufus benedettii Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 (1 Viewer)

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Atlapetes semirufus benedettii Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 OD here

Adult male collected April 2, 1940, by Fulvio Benedetti. Altitude, 1200 meters. (Type on deposit at The American Museum of Natural History.)

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Ochre-breasted Brush Finch ssp. Atlapetes semirufus benedettii W. H. Phelps & Gilliard, 1941
Fulvio L. Benedetti (b.1918) was a collector for Phelps in Venezuela. He collected the eponymous holotype (1940) there. He co-wrote Las Aves de Margarita con Anotaciones Systematicas (1940).

The Key to Scientific Names

Fulvio L. Benedetti (b. 1918) Venezuelan ornithologist, collector (subsp. Atlapetes semirufus).

More here on him:

Benedetti nació en 1919.

No idea about his middle name and death date. He was co-author

William Henry Phelps, Alberto Fernández Yépez, Fulvio L. Benedetti Las aves de Margarita con anotaciones sistemáticas, Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 6(43): 91–132, 1940