Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pontifex Stresemann, 1928b : 343

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 : 24

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pontifex Stresemann, 1928b: 343

TL: Gilan: Pish Kuh [ Iran; 37°03’N, 50°05’E]. Now Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax docilis (S. G. Gmelin, 1774) . See Blake & Vaurie 1962: 259, Dickinson et al. 2004b: 121.

HOLOTYPE: ZMB 27.819. Adult male. Loc.: Pish Kuh, Elburs mountains, Persia, 2500m. Date: 22 May 1927. Coll.: Gerd Heinrich No. 295 [S, Heinrich label, Meise MS].

PARATYPES: ZMB 27.820. Adult male. Loc.: Pish Kuh, Elburs mountains, Persia, 3000m. Date: 15 May 1927. Coll.: Gerd Heinrich No. 255 [S, Heinrich label]. ZMB 27.822. Adult female. Loc.: Pish Kuh, Elburs mountains, Persia, 2700m. Date: 29 May 1927. Coll.: Gerd Heinrich No. 339 [S, Heinrich label].

COMMENTS: Three out of the original five specimens studied by Stresemann (1928b) have been acquired by the ZMB. The two missing paratypes are found in the collection of the MCZ (135122, 135123; MCZ online database, accessed 6 June 2009). Stresemann (1928b: 343) erroneously cited the collecting date of the holotype as 2 May 1927.