Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China

Per Alström; Canwei Xia; Pamela C Rasmussen; Urban Olsson; Bo Dai; Jian Zhao; Paul J Leader; Geoff J Carey; Lu Dong; Tianlong Cai; Paul I Holt; Hung Le Manh; Gang Song; Yang Liu; Yanyun Zhang; Fumin Lei

doi:10.1186/s40657-015-0016-z

Avian Research

Table 4 Specimens and measured live birds of Locustella chengi sp. nov., with their data

From: Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China

Museum acronym	Specimen number	Number on Figures 3 and 4	Documentation	Locality	Coordinates	Number on Figure 1	Altitude (m)	Date	Sex	Age
MNHN	2013.234^a	6	Specimen	Sichuan; Tatsienlou (Kangding)	30°05′N, 101°97′E	\	\	No date	Unsexed	Adult
BMNH	1914.6.12.102^b	7	Specimen	Hubei; Ichang, Upper Yangtse (Yichang)	30°7′N, 111°.3′E	\	\	No date	Male	Adult
BMNH	1914.6.12.101^b	8	Specimen	Hubei; Ichang, Upper Yangtse (Yichang)	30°7′N, 111°.3′E	\	\	No date	Male	Juv
IOZ	62959 (holotype)	9	Specimen, song	Shaanxi; Honghegu	34°01′07″N,107°.47′45″E	1	1640	30 May 2011	Male	Adult
BNU	P1909051 (paratype)	1	Specimen	Kuankuoshui, Guizhou, China	28°13′N,107°9′E	8	1516	13 Jul 2011	Male	Adult
BNU	P1909052 (paratype)	2–4	Specimen	Kuankuoshui, Guizhou, China	28°13′N,107°9′E	8	1516	14 Jul 2011	Male	Adult
BNU	P1909053 (paratype)	2–4	Specimen	Kuankuoshui, Guizhou, China	28°13′N,107°9′E	8	1516	14 Jul 2011	Male	Adult
BNU	P1909054 (paratype)	2–4	Specimen	Kuankuoshui, Guizhou, China	28°13′N,107°9′E	8	1516	14 Jul 2011	Male	Adult
BNU	P1909055 (paratype)	5	Specimen	Kuankuoshui, Guizhou, China	28°13′N,107°9′E	8	1516	18 Jul 2011	Male	Adult
IOZ	19988	\	Photo, song	Hunan; Badagong Shan	29°40.820′N,109°45.214′E	6	1615	5 June 2010	Male	Adult
IOZ	19989	\	Photo, song	Hunan; Badagong Shan	29°40.820′N,109°45.214′E	6	1500	5 June 2010	Male	Adult
IOZ	19990	\	Photo, song	Hunan; Badagong Shan	29°40.820′N,109°45.214′E	6	1550	6 June 2010	Male	Adult
IOZ	19991	\	Photo, song	Hunan; Badagong Shan	29°40.820′N,109°45.214′E	6	1500	6 June 2010	Male	Adult
IOZ	19661	\	Photo, song	Sichuan: Longcangguo	c.29°6′N,102°.9′E	12	1810	26 May 2013	Male	Adult
IOZ	19662	\	Photo, song	Sichuan: Longcangguo	c.29°6 N′,102°.9′E		12	27 May 2013	Male	Adult
IOZ	19663	10	Photo, song	Sichuan: Laojunshan	28°70′N,104°.033′E	14	1350	27 May 2014	Male	Adult
IOZ	19665	11	Photo, song	Sichuan: Laojunshan	28°70′N,104°.033′E	14	1040	27 May 2014	Male	Adult

^aListed as MNHN 1896 in Dickinson et al. 2000; registered in 2013. ^bConsidered B. mandelli melanorhyncha in Dickinson et al. 2000.

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