TABLE 1 in The dark side of birds: melanism-facts and fiction

TABLE 1 Some examples of melanistic individuals named as new species.
‘New’ speciesActual speciesMountain Partridge, Perdix montana Brisson, 1760Grey Partridge Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)Sabine’s Snipe Scolopax sabinii Vigors, 1825Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)Dicaeum aterrimum Lesson, 1830Bananaquit Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758)Pyrocephalus obscurus Gould, 1839Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert, 1783)Chestnut-coloured Partridge Ortyx castaneus Gould, 1842Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)Black Fantail Rhipidura melanura G. R. Gray, 1843New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787)Black Woodhen Gallirallus fuscus Du Bus, 1847Weka Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786)English Rock Dove Columba affinis Blyth, 1847Rock Dove Columba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789Rufous-bellied Coucal Centropus epomidis Bonaparte, 1850Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)Black-shouldered Peafowl Pavo nigripennis P. L. Sclater, 1860Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758Perdix atro-rufa Soland, 1861Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus 1758)Verreaux’s Quail Synoicus lodoisiae J. Verreaux & des Murs, 1862Common Quail Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)Black Penguin Eudyptes atratus Hutton, 1875Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus G. R. Gray, 1845Tetrastes griseiventris Menzbier, 1880Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758)Monarcha ugiensis Ramsay, 1882Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarch castaneiventris J. Verreaux, 1858Cory’s Bittern Ardetta neoxena Cory, 1886Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)Sharpe’s Rail Stictolimnas sharpei Büttikofer, 1893Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766)Von Huegel’s Snipe Gallinago huegeli Tristram, 1893New Zealand Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica (G. R. Gray 1845)Willkonsky’s Owl Syrnium willkonskii Menzbier, 1896Tawny Owl Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758