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- Title
List of type specimens of birds in the collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris, France). 25. Gruiformes (Mesitornithidae, Turnicidae, Rallidae, Heliornithidae, Rhynochetidae and Otididae).
- Authors
Voisin, Claire; Voisin, Jean-François
- Abstract
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle possesses type specimens of the following species from the families Mesitornithidae, Turnicidae, Rallidae, Heliornithidae, Rhynochetidae et Otidae: (1) Holotypes of Mesitornithidae: Mesites unicolor Des Murs, 1845; Mesites variegata I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1838; Monias benschi Oustalet & Grandidier, 1903; (2) Holotypes of Rallidae: Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853; Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841; Gallinula kioloides Pucheran, 1845; Gallinula minor Hartlaub, 1860; Gallirallus Lafresnayanus J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860; Ortygometra rufescens Vieillot, 1819; Porphyrio cinereus Vieillot, 1819; Porzana leuvraudi Sclater & Salvin, 1868; Porzana marginalis Hartlaub, 1857; Porzana olivieri Grandidier & Berlioz, 1927; Rallus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830; Rallus flaviventer Boddaert, 1783; Rallus pectoralis Temminck, 1831; (3) Holotypes of Heliornithidae: Heliornis senegalensis Vieillot, 1817; Podoa josephina Bonaparte, 1855; Podoa pucherani Bonaparte, 1856; (4) Holotypes of Rhynochetidae: Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux & Des Murs 1860; (5) Holotypes of Otidae: Houbaropsis bengalensis blandini Delacour, 1928; (6) Syntypes of Turnicidae: Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815; Turnix maculatus Vieillot, 1823; Turnix sylvatica davidi Delacour & Jabouille, 1930; (7) Syntypes of Rallidae: Corethrura bonapartii Bonaparte, 1856; Gallinula porphyrioides Lesson, 1831; Megacrex inepta D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879; Porphyrio Edwardsi Elliot, 1878; Porzana tabuensis caledonica Brasil, 1917; Rallus cuvieri Pucheran, 1845; (8) Syntype of Otidae: Eupodotis Gindiana Oustalet, 1881; (9) Paratypes of Otidae: Houbaropsis bengalensis blandini Delacour, 1928.
- Subjects
COLLECTION &; preservation of birds; BIRD classification; MUSEUM national d'histoire naturelle (France); TURNICIDAE; RALLIDAE; HELIORNITHIDAE
- Publication
Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, 2015, Vol 184, p51
- ISSN
1802-6842
- Publication type
Article