Sylviidae
Regulus ignicapillus laeneni
Van Marle & Voous, 1949: 125
Current name:
Regulus ignicapillus balearicus
Firecrest
1 holotype, 5 paratypes
Holotype: ZMA 45739, adult female, Camp des Chênes near Blida (N Algeria), collected 18 Jun 1948 by J.R. Laenen (coll. nr. 1078), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5739; wing 50.5, tail 37.5, bill to skull c. 12.6, tarsus 17.4.
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Paratype: ZMA 45734, adult male, Camp des Chênes, collected 18 Apr 1948 by Laenen (coll. nr. 1076), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5734; wing 54, tail 41, bill to skull 11.0, tarsus 18.1.
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Paratype: ZMA 45735, adult male, Camp des Chênes, collected 20 May 1948 by Laenen (coll. nr. 1074), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5735; wing 55.5, tail 40.5, bill to skull 11.6, tarsus 17.3.
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Paratype: ZMA 45736, adult male, Camp des Chênes, collected 4 Jul 1948 by Laenen (coll. nr. 1077), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5736; wing 53, tail 40.5, bill to skull 11.8, tarsus 17.5.
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Paratype: ZMA 45737, adult female, Camp des Chênes, collected 18 April 1948 by Laenen (coll. nr. 1079), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5737; wing 51.5, tail 39.5, bill to skull 11.3, tarsus 16.9.
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Paratype: ZMA 45738, female, Camp des Chênes, collected 8 Sep 1948 by Laenen (coll. nr. 1075), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 5738; wing 53, tail 38.5, bill to skull 11.7, tarsus 18.1.
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Additional information
According to the collector's label, the date of ZMA 45737 is 18 April, not 18 June as stated in the original description. This race is synonymized with R.i. balearicus by Vaurie (1959) and G.E. Watson (in Mayr & Cottrell 1986).
Measurements
As far as types in the ZMA are concerned, all measurements were taken by C.S. Roselaar, unless otherwise noted, using the methods as described in Svensson (1992) and comparable with the data published in the Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds. All are in mm, and are given to the nearest mm when taken with a ruler and to one-tenth of a mm when measured with calipers.
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