Holotype of Passer domesticus chephreni

Date Collected:

1912-12-12

Africa: Egypt | Gizeh

Current Identification
Passer domesticus niloticus (Nicoll and Bonhote, 1909)
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Ploceidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Ploceidae
Determiner: John C. Phillips in 1913
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Phillips 1913 Description: Two New African Birds;

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Shows Publication: Phillips 1913 Description: Two New African Birds

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: toe pad; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-07-13
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-07-06   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2010-12-12
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-07-13

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  • Type: type of Passer domesticus chephreni Phillips |

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Egypt
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7016833 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Gizeh
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Africa, Egypt, Gizeh
  • Georeference:
  • 30.0080790°, 31.2109310° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-26 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-26)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Collected On:
  • 1912-12-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 12/12/1912
  • Collectors:
  • Glover M. Allenlinked data icon; John C. Phillips

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Media type: text; Ornithology 63586;  63587;  63588;  63589;  63590;  63591;  63592;  63593;  63594;  63595;  63596;  63597;  63598;  63599;  63600;  63601;  63602;  63603;  63604;  63605;  63606;  63607;  63608;  63609;  63610 Description: MCZ Ornithology Birds 059536-065485, pg.163;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Orn:63586 Serinus mozambicus mozambicus Ad...

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