Anthroscopus caroli colomanni von Madarász, 1910
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 25 August 1909
Since rediscovered (photograph taken on 12 June 2019)
Distribution
Tanzania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The holotype and only known preserved specimen was destroyed in 1956 (Horváth, 1970; but see Turner & Bradley, 2022).
Media
A photograph of a living bird photographed in the wild by Mr. B. Hofstetter can be seen in (Turner & Bradley, 2022).
References
Original scientific description:
von Madarász, J. (1910). Neue Vögel aus Ostafrika. Archivum Zoologicum (Budapest) 1(11): 175-178.
Other references:
Horváth, L. (1970). The destroyed bird types of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 62: 363-372.
Sclater, W. L. (1930). Systema Avium Æthiopicarum. London, UK: British Ornithologists’ Union.
Turner, Donald A. and Bradley, James E. (2022). The rediscovery of the colomanni von Madarász subspecies of the Grey Penduline-tit Anthroscopus caroli. Scopus 42(1): 41-44. [direct download PDF]