Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870?1904)

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angličtina
Original language name
Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870?1904)
Original language description
Josef Prokop Pražák published a number of ornithological papers from 1894?1900. My reconstruction of Pražák's CV shows that Pražák´s taxonomic studies are connected with the ornithological collections in Vienna and Edinburgh. I document that his taxonomic papers include many fraudulent data and that his activities included stealing and relabeling museum specimens. The revision of Pražák´s new bird taxa reveals that Remizus and 16 species-group names are available for nomenclatural purposes. I defined type series for all, and I restricted type localities for most, of these species-group taxa. I synonymized Remizus pendulinus raddei Pražák, 1897, with Remiz pendulinus pendulinus (Linnaeus, 1758). In addition I found that Vanellus grisescens was describedby Grant (1912), not by Pražák, and I synonymized this species with Vanellus chilensis lampronotus (Wagler, 1827). I found that five names created by Pražák have no standing in zoological nomenclature.
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
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Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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