Ardea rufiventris Sundevall, 1850: 110 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Caffraria superiore (male) et inferiore (female) ”.

CURRENT STATUS: Ardeola rufiventris (Sundevall, 1850); Ardeidae (Dickinson & Remsen 2013:188) .

TYPE MATERIAL: From Sundevall’s original description (1850: 110) it is clear that he had both male and female specimens available. According to his manuscript acquisition catalogue he had two specimens at hand. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 98) referred to NRM 569856 [7962] as “type”; here we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 22 October 1844 near Potchefstroom. The paralectotype is NRM 534929 [7963], a mounted juvenile female collected 13 March 1841 near uMlazi River .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Mooi River, near Potchefstroom, North West Province .

COMMENTS: Journal entries confirm the place and date of the male lectotype, and the details for the female are confirmed by label data. Wahlberg travelled from the Tolwane River on 8 October 1844 to “Mooi River Flats” (= Potchefstroom) (Figure 3), arriving on 12 October and remaining there until 24 October. He collected at the mouth of the mLazi River in March 1841.