Revue suisse de Zoologie (September 2015) 122(2): 407-413 ISSN 0035-418 Shedding more light on historical hypothetical records of some Paraguayan birds listed by A. de W. Bertoni Paul Smith1,2*, Sergio D. Rios Diaz3-4, Alice Cibois5 1 FAUNA Paraguay, Encarnación, Paraguay, www.faimaparaguay.com. 2 Para La Tierra, Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, San Pedro, Paraguay, www. paralatierra. org 3 Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, Km 10,5, Ruta Meal. Estigarribia, Suc. De Correos N° 1, CP 2169 San Lorenzo. Paraguay. E-mail: [email protected] 4 Dpto. de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. San Lorenzo. 5 Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, CP 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland. E-mail: alice. cibois@ville-ge. ch * Corresponding A uthor: faunaparaguay@gmail. com Abstract: The “Catâlogos Sistematicos de los Vertebrados del Paraguay”, published in two editions by Amaldo de Win¬ kelried Bertoni (1878-1973) during the early decades of the 20th Century, represented one of the first attempts to collate in a single work the available information about Paraguayan birds. However various species listed in these works have been the subject of much debate by subsequent authors. In this paper we review the historical reports of 14 such species cited by Bertoni that were treated in later works as hypothetical, making historical reference to overlooked literature from the period and suggesting new status designations for each. Keywords: Berlepsch - Catâlogos Sistematicos - distribution - Puerto Bertoni - status - MHNG specimen. INTRODUCTION his field observations or those of others. The few rem¬ nants of his collections that have survived in Paraguay Following in the great tradition of Paraguayan-based (mostly mammalian) are housed in a small museum at naturalists began by Félix de Azara, Arnaldo de Winkel¬ the Puerto Bertoni monument. As a result several species ried Bertoni (1878-1973) was the principal student of the which Bertoni listed and for which no further records national fauna during the early 20th Century. Working have been forthcoming have been more recently treated under geographical and logistical constraints from his as “hypothetical” (Hayes, 1995; Guyra Paraguay, 2004). base at the family estate Puerto Bertoni (25°38'60”S, Two major recent critical reviews of the Paraguayan avi¬ 54°34'60”W) and later in the capital Asuncion, his ma¬ fauna (Hayes, 1995; Guyra Paraguay, 2004) classified jor contributions were his “Catâlogos Sistematicos” of hypothetical species into a series of hierarchical cate¬ the Paraguayan vertebrate fauna which was published in gories reflecting different problems with records. The two editions, an initial attempt in 1914, and a revised and updated version in 1939. Bertoni (1914, 1939) however latest review (Guyra Paraguay, 2004) included 66 spe¬ employed a confusing and often inconsistent approach to cies in this category, with 33 considered “possible” and referencing, distribution and listing which is easily mis¬ 30 considered “doubtful”, plus an additional 38 species interpreted. that were “not evaluated” and 12 classed as “erroneously Though Bertoni was an avid collector of specimens his cited”. Several of these species have since been trans¬ Catâlogos unfortunately do not make specific reference ferred to other categories (Smith & Rios Diaz, 2014a, b; to them (though in many cases voucher specimens un¬ Smith et al., 2014a), including some species that have doubtedly existed to support the records). The vast ma¬ been officially documented (Smith & del Castillo, 2006; jority of his collections were subsequently lost, making it Lesterhuis & Clay, 2011; Alvarez et al., 2012, del Castil¬ impossible to confirm in some cases which species were lo, 2013; Smith et al., 2014c), but questions still remain documented with specimens and which were based on about some other species. Manuscript accepted 27.05.2015 DOT 10.528 l/zenodo.30010 408 Paul Smith, Sergio D. Rios Diaz, Alice Cibois MATERIALS AND METHODS unlikely locality of “km293 Ruta Trans Chaco” (Depar¬ tamento Presidente Hayes). We were able to trace this The bibliographical history of reports of fourteen hypo¬ immature specimen (MHNG 1720.070) collected by thetical species that were listed by or attributed to Bertoni Dlouhy and Weber on 5 July 1985 and confirm from the (1914, 1939) are thus investigated. Museum specimens straight culmen and slender bill that it is referable to Ti¬ were examined or looked for in several institutions, listed gr isoma lineatimi. below. Additional information is provided where avail¬ Given the potential for and history of confusion with im¬ able and new recommendations for their designations are mature Tigrisoma lineatimi, undocumented sight records made where necessary. of T. fasciatum cannot be considered acceptable. We recommend that this species be removed from the list of Abbreviations “possible” species in Paraguay and considered “errone¬ AMNH American Museum of Natural History, New ously cited”. However we note that records in Brazil are York, U.S.A. suggestive of potential occurrence in Paraguay. FMNH Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, U.S.A. MHNG Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Swit¬ Charadrius falklaiulicus Latham, 1790 zerland Two-banded Plover NHMW Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria Listed as possible by Hayes (1995) and Guyra Paraguay (2004). Hayes (1995) states that Bertoni (1914) cites the species based on Ihering, “but the record is too far out RESULTS of range to be credible”. Guyra Paraguay (2004) add Tigrisoma fasciatimi (Such, 1825) that they can find no mention of the species in Ihering Fasciated Tiger Heron (1904), but this is a misunderstanding as the citation to which Bertoni refers is actually Ihering & Ihering Hayes (1995) notes that Bertoni (1901) reported (1907: 49) where Paraguay is indeed listed in the “Tigrisoma (mormoratami)" (=Tigrisoma lineatimi) species range but without any specific details. However for “Monda-ih” (=Rio Monday, Departamento Alto one of the main sources for Ihering & Ihering (1907) Parana), but that the immature specimen described was was Sharpe (1896) and though Paraguay is omitted from later re-identified as T. fasciatimi (Such, 1825) by Lynch the main distribution section, it is listed in the cited Arribâlzaga (1902) on the basis of white streaks on the texts as “Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 134 (Paraguay)”. tail and lower back. However, members of this genus Berlepsch (1887) included the species with a query (?) go through a complex series of ontogénie changes and only in his addenda of possible species. white streaking is not considered diagnostic. The safest We agree with Hayes ( 1995) that the record is unlikely to way to distinguish between the two species in immature be credible but disagree with Berlepsch’s (1887) assump¬ plumage is bill morphology (Hancock & Kushlan, tion about the possible distribution of this species. The 1984). Bertoni (1918b) listed T. fasciatimi but included certainty given to this speculative listing by subsequent a footnote in which he stated that “perhaps, as Ihering authors is at the root of all subsequent citations and thus and I thought, it is just a form of T. mormoratimi". we recommend that this species be treated as “erroneous¬ Presumably for this reason he retained it as doubtful ly cited” in Paraguay. in Paraguay in both of his Catàlogos (Bertoni, 1914, 1939). Laubmann (1939) treated this species in his synonymy of T. lineatimi mormoratimi. Aratinga a uric api!I a (Kuhl, 1820) More recently Meisel et al. (1992) list the species with¬ Golden-capped Parakeet out details for Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayü, Departamento Canindeyü but it has been omitted from all Hayes (1995) considered the species “possible” on the subsequent lists for the locality (eg, Farina & Hostettler, basis of a poorly described record of a pair from Puerto 2003; Mazar Barnett & Madrono, 2003) and Tigrisoma Bertoni on 11 November 1918, of which the female was lineatimi is regularly encountered there. Additionally collected (Bertoni, 1918a). As Hayes (1995) correctly Lopez (1994) included a sight record of two individuals points out the measurements provided by Bertoni at Estero Dona Cinthia, Departamento Presidente Hayes (1918a) (Length 305 mm; Wing 162 mm; Tail 140 mm) in July 1993 but these were then omitted from the sum¬ are indeed consistent with this highly distinctive species mary table. (Juniper & Parr, 1998), which is unlikely to be confused Guyra Paraguay (2004) cast doubt on these sight records in the hand with any other regionally occurring but treated the species as “possible” on the basis of a psittacid. specimen identified as this species in MHNG. Though Hayes (1995) notes that numerous specimens were tak¬ they were unable to examine the specimen, they con¬ en in eastern Parana between 1901 and 1929 (Oliveira sidered that it was probably misidentified based on the Pinto, 1938; Collar et al., 1992), but his grounds for sug- Historical hypothetical records of some Paraguayan birds listed by A. de W. Bertoni 409 gesting that the “origin of the birds may be questionable refer to Sociedad Ornitologica del Plata, presumably in (i.e. escaped cagebirds)” seem entirely speculative. Fur¬ direct reference to Zotta (1937), however it is unclear thermore Bertoni (1918a) notes that the year the spec¬ why Bertoni added “S. W.” to the distribution given in imen was taken was “abnormal due to the lack of fruit that work. The basis of the change may be related to a caused by cold”, conditions which might be considered brief letter published in Ibis (Sclater, 1893) in which it consistent with natural vagrancy. Regardless of the poor is suggested that the species “should probably be added” description provided, we find no convincing reason to to the Paraguayan avifauna because of its occurrence in question Bertoni’s (1918a) identification. Though habitat “Northern Argentina”. Regardless the lack of clarity and loss and an alarming range reduction suggest that the re¬ specific details means that the species should best be re¬ appearance of the species in Paraguay may be extremely tained as “possible” pending further data. unlikely, we recommend that it be treated as “pending documentation”. Celeus torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) Ringed Woodpecker Pyrrhura periata (Spix, 1824) Listed as a “doubtful” species by Hayes (1995) and Pearly Parakeet “not evaluated” by Guyra Paraguay (2004). Hayes Bertoni (1939) reports “Pyrrhura periata australis (1995) gives the source as Bertoni (1914: 49) who Todd.” from “Pinasco, Chaco” (=Puerto Pinasco, cites “Cerchneipicus tinnunculus (Wagl.)” but without Departamento Presidente Hayes). Hayes (1995) locality. In fact, the source for this is also Ihering & considered the record doubtful adding that “if correctly Ihering (1907) who list the range of C. tinnunculus as identified the record undoubtedly represents escaped “Paraguay, Matto Grosso e Amazonia, Para, Rio Negro, cagebirds or were imported from elsewhere”. In fact Bahia” and of C. torquatus as “Rio Negro, Amazonia australis Todd, 1915 is a subspecies of Green-cheeked inf., Para, Pernambuco, Guyana e Venezuela”. These Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae Massena & Souancé, two forms were subsequently synonymized under 1854 (Juniper & Parr, 1998) and not Pearly Parakeet Celeus torquatus (Peters, 1964). P periata, and Puerto Pinasco is well within the However the distribution provided by Ihering & Ihering known distribution of that species in Paraguay (Guyra (1907) is highly inaccurate according to current knowl¬ Paraguay, 2005). As a result P periata should be added edge (Winkler et al., 1995) and one of the principal refer¬ to the list of “erroneously cited” species. ences of that work was Hargitt ( 1890) who described the distribution of C. tinnunculus as “Eastern Brazil (Bahia), and westward in Matto Grosso to the Paraguay and Gua- Sappho spurgatami (Shaw, 1812) pore Rivers”. We suspect that this may have then been Red-tailed Comet over-extrapolated to include Paraguay and thus we agree with Hayes (1995) that this species should be considered Hayes (1995) notes the existence of a specimen (FMNH “doubtful”. 46377) labeled “Paraguay” with the collectors name “White”, and correctly states that nobody of that name ever collected birds in Paraguay. This certainly refers to Myiothlypis leucophrys (Pelzeln, 1868) Ernest William White (1858-1884) an English collector, White-striped Warbler traveler and naturalist who worked extensively in Argentina until his untimely death (White, 1881; M. Hayes (1995) lists this species as “doubtful” stating that Pearman, in litt.) and is presumably also the “Paraguay” the species was “reported at Rio Parana (Bertoni, 1939: specimen that was examined by Cory (1918) without 23), perhaps referring to records farther north in Brazil”. further comment. White (1881) mentions visiting certain Guyra Paraguay (2004) follow the same course without Paraguayan ports on the Parana River during a visit to additional comment. In fact the deployment of a differ¬ Provincia Misiones in northern Argentina, but does not ent font for this species by Bertoni (1914, 1939) implies make reference to any collecting activity. White (1882) that the species had not been reported in Paraguay documents the collection of a male and a female of this but was of potential occurrence. The locality cited by species at the “City of Catamarca” on 12 August 1880, Bertoni (1914, 1939) “Rio Parana, S.P., Goyas, (Bras.)” but states that the species occurs “somewhat sparsely repeats Ihering & Ihering (1907) who gave an identical over the upper provinces of the Republic”. If collected distribution for the species in Brazil. Consequently this by White this specimen likely came from Argentina and species has never been claimed to occur in Paraguay not Paraguay. and we recommend that it be added to the list of “erro¬ Zotta (1937) includes “S. Paraguay” in the distribution of neously cited species”. the species and Bertoni (1939) lists Sappho sapho (sic) with locality “S. W. Paraguay S. O. P.” The initials S.O.P. 410 Paul Smith, Sergio D. Rios Diaz, Alice Cibois Fumaria gularis (Linnaeus, 1766) type of M. subalarisAs a result T. phaeopygus of Ber¬ Red-eapped Cardinal toni was included in the synonymy of Turdus subalaris (Seebohm) by Hellmayr (1934) who also clarified that Bertoni (1914, 1939) listed this species without locality it was not the same as Turdus phaeopygus of Cabanis data presumably on the basis of a specimen reported {=Turdus albicollis phaeopygus). Bertoni (1939) seems by Salvador! (1895) from “Porto Pagani, Rio Apa” to have been unaware of that publication. collected sometime between August and November As no apparent reference to Turdus ignobilis in Paraguay 1893. However Salvadori (1895) states that the thus exists, its inclusion by Hayes (1995) appears to be a specimen had a yellow bill, prompting Hayes (1995) to misunderstanding. We thus suggest that it be added to the consider the record doubtful as the description “clearly list of “erroneously cited species”. refers to the Yellow-billed Cardinal P capitata Earlier however Hellmayr (1938) had included it in the synonymy of P capitata (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, Turdus fumigatus Lichtenstein, 1823 1837) after examining the specimen in the Turin Cocoa Thrush museum, and had rebuked Bertoni for including it in the Paraguayan avifauna “evidently without having seen a First cited for Paraguay by Bertoni (1919) and specimen”. As a result this species should be added to mentioned again by Bertoni (1926) as a species that had the list of “erroneously cited species”. been recorded just once in his 30 years of field work. Hayes (1995) considered the species doubtful because the description of the “juvenile female is inadequate” Tardus ignobilis Sclater, 1858 and this position was followed by Guyra Paraguay Black-billed Thrush (2004) without further comment. Listed as “doubtful” by Hayes (1995) and Guyra Bertoni (1919) describes the single specimen of “Planes- Paraguay (2004), the former stated that this species ticus fumigatus” as being taken in August 1917 in Puer¬ was “reported at N.W. Chaco?” by Bertoni (1939:34). to Bertoni and that the identification “does not appear However Bertoni (1914, 1939) makes no mention of doubtful” because according to Ridgway (1907) the “first Tardus ignobilis, though both list “Tardus phaeopygus phalange of the middle toe is completely unified with the Cab." as hypothetical (indicated by the employment of outer toe”. However Hellmayr ( 1934) stated that the “co¬ a different font in each case). Bertoni (1939) gives the hesion of the anterior toes certainly is not greater than in locality for T. phaeopygus as “Amazonia a Venezuela, some other species, such as 7 leucomelas” and that the N.W. Chaco?”. generic separation of Planesticus for T. fumigatus and its Bertoni (1907), reporting “Merida crotopeza (Licht.)” allies is thus without foundation. had earlier stated he could find no differences between Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 is an abundant species the specimens of “Menila phaespyga [sic] (Cab.)” that in eastern Paraguay and the grounds for assigning this he had examined in the Rio de Janeiro museum and specimen to T fumigatus solely using toe morphology “M metallophona Bertoni”, additionally mentioning the thus appears baseless, though he may have been encour¬ possibility of synonymy between phaespyga and croto¬ aged in this decision by Berlepsch’s (1887) inclusion of peza. He then subsequently suggested that all three were the species on a list of species of probable occurrence conspecific (Bertoni, 1913), adding that T. subalaris in Paraguay. However, given that the known distribu¬ could represent the adult male of T. phaeopygus Cabanis tion of that species does not closely approach Paraguay (=Turdus albico!lis phaeopygus). However in a later pub¬ (Clement & Hathaway, 2000), there have been no subse¬ lication his position changed again, stating that Planes- quent records and the diagnostic character employed by tiens metallophonus was referable to a “young male” of Bertoni (1919) implies a serious misunderstanding, we P. subalaris and that P crotopezas and P phaeopygus recommend that this species be added to the list of “erro¬ were distinct (Bertoni, 1928). A foot note in Bertoni neously cited species”. (1914, 1939) notes that he was able to examine an Ama¬ zonian specimen of T. phaeopygus (likely the same one referred to in Bertoni, 1907) which he describes as “very Caryothraustes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) difficult to separate from young T. subalaris; but the ex¬ Yellow-green Grosbeak ternal primary (character of value) is somewhat longer and the rectrices are less covered by the tertials and if Hayes (1995) and Guyra Paraguay (2004) consider this is not constant it would be difficult to distinguish the the species “doubtful”, the former stating “reported two species”. at Jejui, presumably the Rio Jejui Guazu... (Bertoni Hellmayr (1934) examined a Bertoni specimen (Museu 1939: 37) but no details provided: if a valid record, it Paulista, No. 7064. Puerto Bertoni, Sept. 15, 1906) of probably represented an escaped cagebird.” Bertoni “the bird first described as T. metallophonus and later (1925) however provides details of the observation of consecutively identified as Merula crotopeza and Turdus “several pairs” during March 1920, in bushes close to phaeopygus” and found that this was “identical with the forest of the Rio Verde (23°45, 56°20), coordinates that Historical hypothetical records of some Paraguayan birds listed by A. de W. Bertoni 411 place the locality within Departamento San Pedro in the of the species ever having occurred in Paraguay and area of the Arroyo Verde, a few kilometres northwest of Bertoni’s speculation completely unfounded, it should Laguna Blanca. Bertoni (1925) compares the birds to be added to the list of “erroneously cited species”. Hemithraupis guira (Linnaeus, 1766) in colour, and also Gubernatrix cristatella (= Gubernatrix distata Vieillot, 1817) from which it differs by the lack of the crest. Sporophila albogularis Spix, 1825 The area from where the species is reported is within the White-throated Seedeater Cerrado zone of Paraguay and quite different from the Considered “doubtful” by Hayes (1995) on the basis of humid forest that this species prefers in its normal range, Bertoni (1914, 1939) listing the species with a query. and given the lack of a specimen we consider it “doubt¬ The species was also listed for Paraguay with a query by ful”. However we note a superficial resemblance of this Ihering & Ihering (1907) who followed Sharpe (1888) bird to Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus in citing the main range as “Bahia” (Brazil). However (Vieillot, 1817), a species that occurs sporadically in the Bertoni cites “Oberh.” as the source of his uncertainty Paraguayan Cerrado, has a preference for wet habitats in in reference to Oberholser (1902) who commented dry areas (Isler & Isler, 1999) and which perhaps could on a collection of birds taken by William T. Foster at account for this record if poorly seen. Perhaps coinci¬ “Sapucay” (=Sapucai, Departamento Paraguari). dentally, the first Paraguayan specimen of 5. ruficapillus Oberholser’s text states that the bird is a female that “ap¬ was taken during the same year on 20 June 1920 (Zapata, parently belongs to this species” but provides no basis 2003). for the identification other than listing the iris colour as “brown”. However the AMNH now holds no specimens of this genus collected by Foster in Paraguay (T. Trom¬ Phrygilus dorsalis Cabanis, 1883 bone in litt.). Regardless the female of S. albogularis Red-backed Sierra-Finch possesses no obvious diagnostic characters that might Contrary to the opinion of Hayes (1995), the listing confirm such an identification (Ridgely & Tudor, 1989) of ‘‘‘'Myiospiza dorsalis (Ridgw.)” without details by so far outside of the species known range and is thus al¬ Bertoni (1939) and attributed to “Pereyra” is not in most certainly in error. The species should thus be listed reference to this species but in reference to Coturniculus as “erroneously cited”. manimbe var. dorsalis Ridgway, 1874 (Baird et al., 1874). This is a synonym of Myiospiza humeralis xanthornus (Darwin, 1839) [=Ammodramus humeralis CONCLUDING REMARKS (Bose, 1792)] (Hellmayr, 1938). Wetmore (1926) Bertoni (1914, 1939) states that he had “the honour of reported “Myiospiza humeralis dorsalis, Paraguay being assisted by” the founder and director of the Museu (Puerto Pinasco)” also in reference to this form. The Paulista Hermann von Ihering (1850-1930) during his species should be added to the list of “erroneously cited visit to Sào Paulo in 1905, and it is clear throughout his species”. catalogue that he placed considerable trust in his learned colleague’s judgement (Smith et al., 2014b). German bom Ihering had first travelled to Brazil in 1880 in order Sporophila melanops (Pelzeln, 1870) to carry out scientific exploration for the German Im¬ Hooded Seedeater perial government, being funded in part by the wealthy Hayes (1995) considered the species doubtful as Bertoni aristocratic ornithologist Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig (1914, 1939) listed the species as one of the members von Berlepsch (1850-1915) with whom he shared close of Azara’s (1802) unidentifiable composite description contact. of bird No. 126 (Pico grueso variable) jointly with Berlepsch ( 1887) had earlier produced the first attempt at S. cinnamomea, S. nigroaurantia and S. pileata. The a list of the species of Paraguay, which included as an ad¬ association with Azara was probably also the reason dendum 113 species for which “occurrence in Paraguay for the locality “Asuncion” given for S. melanops cannot be proven, but based on known distribution their and S', nigroaurantia in Bertoni (1939). This highly presence can be safely assumed”. Whilst he was indeed speculative approach received a further rebuke from correct in most cases, current knowledge suggests he Hellmayr (1938) who stated that its inclusion in the made some errors of judgement which have since found Pico grueso variable “as is assumed by Bertoni... themselves into the literature. The respect in which Ber¬ remains to be proved by the actual taking of specimens toni held his esteemed colleagues and the network of in Paraguay”. No specimens have been forthcoming and contacts which he held with them either directly or indi¬ the species itself is of dubious validity, being known rectly can thus be demonstrated to have had considerable only from a single old specimen held at the NHMW influence on Paraguayan ornithology in the early years of collected by Natterer on 19 October 1823 at Porto do the 20th Century, and explains the inclusion of some of Rio Araguaya, Goiâs, Brazil. 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