Holotype of Turdus nivei-capillus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-12-12

Africa: Senegal

Current Identification
Cossypha niveicapilla (Lafresnaye, 1838)
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Muscicapidae Turdinae
Common Name(s): Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat; Snowy-headed robin-chat
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Passeriformes Oscines Muscicapidae Turdinae
Determiner: F. de Lafresnaye in 1838
Nature of ID: type ID

  • previous number: Lafr 3938

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 2023-04-27
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-04-20   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown [no agent data], Method: migration 2010-12-12
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2010-12-12
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-04-27

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  • Type: Turdus niveicapilla Lafresnaye, 1838, Mem. Sci. Acad. Falaise, Essai Nouv. Maniere Grouper Genres Especes Order Passereaux, p. 16. | Label: Original label OK |

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Senegal
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000189 linked data icon
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Africa, Senegal
  • Georeference:
  • 14.3616840°, -14.151123° (Error radius: 370374m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-12-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Ornithology 76461;  76462;  76463;  76464;  76465;  76466;  76467;  76468;  76469;  76470;  76471;  76472;  76473;  76474;  76475;  76476;  76477;  76478;  76479;  76480;  76481;  76482;  76483;  76484;  76485 Description: MCZ Ornithology Birds 071436-077385, pg.204;

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