Talk:Malabar flameback

Malherbe's flameback

I believe the correct and appropriate binomial would be C. delesserti (Malherbes, ?) - the date is in question because his 1849 name lacks a description and seems to be a nomen nudum - but he gave a full description with the binomial in 1862. Jerdon, Hume, E.C. Stuart Baker, and Salim Ali use C. delesserti (Malherbes, 1848/9). I have raised this with the IOC folks and will note updates here. Shyamal (talk) 03:18, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Skip above comment. The examination of the type for delesserti shows that it was collected in Bengal and represents a guttacristatus. Shyamal (talk) 08:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)