Talk:Sardinian warbler

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Gmelin vs Piesch & Leske[edit]

In June 2018 Larent Raty posted some comments on the scientific name to the Birdforum blog:

"The forgotten authorship of Sylvia melanocephala ("Gmelin") -- and a few other names"
https://www.birdforum.net/threads/the-forgotten-authorship-of-sylvia-melanocephala-gmelin-and-a-few-other-names.362858/

See also the two entries for Motacilla melanocephala in the Richmond index:

The above predates the 2020 note by Jiří Mlíkovský that includes the text "It seems that no previous ornithologist has noticed this case."
Mlíkovský, Jiří (2020). "The original description of Sylvia melanocephala (Aves: Sylviidae), with notes on David Piesch's birds of Sardinia (1784)". Rivista italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology. 90 (2): 95–96. doi:10.4081/rio.2020.489.

Aa77zz (talk) 13:47, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]