Astrapia stephaniae subsp. ducalis Mayr 1931
Creators: name: Steinheimer, Frank D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Paradisaeidae
Astrapia
Astrapia stephaniae
Astrapia stephaniae ducalis mayr, 1931

description: <i>Astrapia stephaniae ducalis</i> Mayr, 1931 Mayr, E. (1931): Die Vögel des Saruwaged­ und Herzoggebirges (NO­Neuguinea). <i>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin</i> 17(5): 711 [639–723]. Now <i>Astrapia stephaniae stephaniae</i> (Finsch, 1885). See Gilliard and LeCroy 1968: 25, Frith and Beehler 1998: 268, Dickinson 2003: 516, <i>nec</i> Mayr 1962b: 193; Cracraft 1992: 22 synonymized <i>ducalis</i> with ssp. <i>feminina</i>. HOLOTYPE: <b>ZMB 30.1991</b>. Adult male. Loc.: Dawong [Herzog Mountains, Papua New Guinea, 6°52' S, 146°46' E]. Date: 29 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1502. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: greyish. Testes: small. Weight: 156gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label]. PARATYPES: <b>ZMB 30.1986</b>. Female [probably adult according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 24 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1438. Iris: dark. Bill: black. Feet: blackish grey. Ovaries: small. Weight: 136 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label]. <b>ZMB 30.1987</b>. Immature male [second year according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 24 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1439. Iris: dark. Bill: black. Feet: blackish grey. Testes: small. Weight: 154 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label]. <b>ZMB 30.1988</b>. Immature male [first year according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 28 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1500. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: dark grey. Testes: small. Weight: 136 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label]. <b>ZMB 30.1989</b>. Female [probably adult according to Mayr 1931]. Loc.: Dawong. Date: 31 May 1929. Coll.: Mayr No. 1517. Iris: black. Bill: black. Feet: black. Ovaries: small. Weight: 137 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr ZMB label]. COMMENTS: See <i>Amblyornis inornatus aedificans</i> for details on the trip.
description: Published as part of <i>Steinheimer, Frank D., 2005, The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin, pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 1072 (1)</i> on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1072.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5050709
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