Basilornis Celebensis Bird
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Basilornis Celebensis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Basilornis celebensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.184
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Basilornis
Taxonomy Code: sulmyn1
Type Locality: Celebes (Menado, Makassar).
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BASILORNIS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Long-crested Myna B. corythaix) Gr. βασιλευς basileus king; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Ad elongated plumes forming tall, rigid crest" (Eaton et al. 2016); "901. Basilornis, Temm. (Pastor, p. Wagl.) Malaiasia. 1. PASTOR corythaix, Wagl. (Basilornis celebensis, Temm. Mus. Lugd.) Syst. Av. ex Celebes nec Java. Æneo-viridis: capite cristato: collari albido, lateribus dilatato, antice interrupto: rostro pedibusque fulvis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Basilornis Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 420. Type, by monotypy, Pastor corythaix Wagler." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 116).
Var. Basileornis.
celebense / celebensis
Celebes, Dutch East Indies / Sulawesi, Indonesia.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
