Estrilda melanogenys Sundevall, 1850: 97 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria (Port Natal). ”

CURRENT STATUS: Coccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823); Estrildidae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 295) .

STATUS REFERENCE: Sclater (1930: 793–794) recognized bocagei Shelley, 1903 and quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850) in the genus Coccopygia . White (1963: 189) and Traylor (1968: 338) both recognized bocagei and quartinia in the genus Estrilda; Clancey et al. (1980: 283) recognized bocagei but separated quartinia as a full species in the genus Estrilda; Fry et al. (2004: 272–273) and Dickinson & Christidis (2014: 295) recognized bocagei but separated Coccopygia quartinia as a full species.

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description, gave data for both male and female. According to Sundevall’s manuscript acquisition catalogue, he had six specimens available for his description. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 10) referred to NRM 568694 [6111] as a “type”, treated here as a lectotype designation of this male collected 22 July 1840 in Durban. The five paralectotypes are: NRM 568695 [6335], a juvenile male collected 2 June 1841 in Durban; NRM 554384 [6112], a female collected 22 July 1840 in Durban; two specimens [6334 and 6336], a male and a female from “Caffraria” (no other data), sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (not found in the ZMB collection); and a specimen [6333], also from “Caffraria” (no other data), sent to Professor Peter Wahlberg in 1858 .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal .

COMMENTS: Dates and place agree with the journal entries.