Timaliidae
Turdinus macrodactylus beauforti
Voous, 1950a: 348
Current name:
Napothera macrodactyla beauforti
Large Wren-babbler
1 holotype, 5 paratypes
Holotype: ZMA 7759, adult male, Soengei [River] Tasik (Langkat, NE Sumatra, Indonesia), collected 26 Dec 1919 by A.F.C.A. van Heijst (coll. nr. 0129); wing 98, tail 70, bill to skull 23.4, tarsus 32.9.
> Small size [205 KB]
> Medium size [1.0 MB]
> Large size [12.2 MB, large download!]
If you are having problems opening the 3D images, or if you wondering why there are three types of movies for each specimen, please visit the Help page.
Paratype: ZMA 7760, adult female, Soengei Tasik, collected 26 Dec 1919 by Van Heijst (coll. nr. 0130); wing 88, tail 61, bill to skull 23.0, tarsus 33.2.
> Small size [170 KB]
> Medium size [829 KB]
> Large size [6.7 MB, large download!]
Paratype: ZMA 7761, adult male, Soengei Tasik, collected 26 Dec 1919 by Van Heijst (coll. nr. 0128); wing 93, tail 60.5, bill broken, tarsus 32.2.
> Small size [176 KB]
> Medium size [870 KB]
> Large size [7.2 MB, large download!]
Paratype: ZMA 7763, adult male, Basilan (= Pesilam) River (Langkat/Deli border, NE Sumatra, Indonesia), collected 21 June 1916 for L.P. Cosquino de Bussy (coll. nr. 232); wing 87, tail 59, bill to skull 23.2, tarsus 33.5.
> Small size [194 KB]
> Medium size [967 KB]
> Large size [7.8 MB, large download!]
Paratype: ZMA 7764, adult male, Basilan R., collected 21 June 1916 for De Bussy (coll. nr. 212); wing 92, tail 57.5, bill to skull 24.5, tarsus 33.5.
> Small size [211 KB]
> Medium size [1.0 MB]
> Large size [8.9 MB, large download!]
Paratype: ZMA 7765, adult female, Basilan R., collected 21 June 1916 for De Bussy (coll. nr. 233); wing 90.5, tail 54, bill to skull 24.8, tarsus 32.5.
> Small size [170 KB]
> Medium size [810 KB]
> Large size [6.6 MB, large download!]
Additional information
The original series included 6 paratypes (4 males, 2 females) (Voous 1950a), all then in the ZMA, of which five are still remaining here; 1 paratype from the Van Heijst coll. (ZMA 7762, male, Soengei Tasik, 31 Oct 1919, Van Heijst coll. nr. 1909) was exchanged with the USNM in Feb 1951. Voous compared his Sumatran series with 34 specimens of macrodactylus from W Malaya and peninsular Thailand and with 10 lepidopleurus from Java, in the BMNH and RMNH.
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.
> Museum acronyms
> Literature references
For all specimens in the ZMA bird collection, search or browse the GBIF Data Portal.