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4 March 2024 Third time lucky for Forsten's pigeon; taeniura, forsterii, forsteni
Hein van Grouw, Wim Dekkers, Kees Rookmaaker
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Abstract

Temminck's major work on pigeons became famous partly because of the complementary plates by Knip, even though Knip had used subterfuge to make the published work appear to be hers. It was generally assumed that this permanently ended their partnership as the evidence for renewed cooperation between the two, present in Knip's second pigeon book, was widely overlooked. A rediscovered letter from Temminck to Knip confirms the renewed partnership, with Temminck supplying specimens of new species of pigeon to be included in Knip's work. One of these was a Ducula from Sulawesi, collected by the Dutch naturalist Forsten. Due to a spelling mistake, this species initially did not receive the name intended by Temminck. Although the error was subsequently corrected by Bonaparte, his action is invalid in the eyes of the International code for zoological nomenclature. Another article in the Code, however, dealing with a different matter, is applicable and rules that the ‘amended’ name is valid after all.

Hein van Grouw, Wim Dekkers, and Kees Rookmaaker "Third time lucky for Forsten's pigeon; taeniura, forsterii, forsteni," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 144(1), 29-38, (4 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v144i1.2024.a4
Received: 19 July 2023; Published: 4 March 2024
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