Corvus sardus O. Kleinschmidt, 1903 : 92

Steinheimer, Frank D., 2009, The type specimens of Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrocitta vagabunda, Zootaxa 2149 (1), pp. 1-49 : 32

Corvus sardus O. Kleinschmidt, 1903: 92

TL: Sardinien [Sardinia]

Now Corvus corax hispanus E. Hartert & O. Kleinschmidt, 1901 . See Meinertzhagen 1926: 101, Cramp et al. 1994: 206, Dickinson 2003: 514; Blake & Vaurie 1962: 280 treated the taxon within the nominate race.

SYNTYPES: ZMB 35460 [acquisition number B.207]. Female. Loc.: Arzana , Reg. Ogliastra, Sardinia [39°54’N, 09°32’E]. Date: 6 March 1903. Ex.Coll.: K. Wolterstorff. [S, Mus & field labels]. ZMB 2002.543 [new registration, formerly doubled registered with specimen above under ZMB 35460 and B.207 on acquisition]. Female. Loc.: Sardinia. Date: 20 February 1903. Ex.Coll.: Kleinschmidt. [S, Mus].

COMMENTS: Kleinschmidt (1903) referred to Dr. K. Wolterstorff of Magdeburg for the source of the specimens. Kleinschmidt (1903) did not say how many specimens he had seen for the original description. The ZMB got its two birds in exchange with Wolterstorff and Kleinschmidt.