Acridotheres Grandis Bird

English Name:  Great Myna
Latin Name:  Acridotheres grandis
Protonym:  Acridotheres grandis Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 2 p.537
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Acridotheres
Taxonomy Code:  whvmyn1
Type Locality:  Sumatra (error). Restricted, in error, to Tenasserim by Baker (1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 27, p. 702); and to Bangkok, Thailand, by Deignan (1945, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 186, p. 526).
Author:  Moore, F
Publish Year:  1858
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACRIDOTHERES
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Common Myna A. tristis) Gr. ακρις akris, ακριδος akridos  locust; -θηρας -thēras  -hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal. "MARTIN, Acridotheres.  Paradisea, Gracula, Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath.   Bec droit, tendu, convexe en dessus, comprimé; mandibule supérieure, entière ou échancrée, un peu déprimée et inclinée vers le bout. — Tête en partie, ou seulement les orbites glabres.   2 sections.   Esp. Martin. — Merle-chauve, Buff.  —  Martin brame, Sonnerat.   ...   Acridothera  [ακρις, locustella, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Acridotheres Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 40), Paradisea tristis Linnaeus." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 112).   
Var. Acridothera, Acridotherss, Cridotheres.   
Synon. Aethiopsar, Graculaea.

grandis
L. grandis  large.
● ex “Lori de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 683, “Purpur-roode Lori” of Vosmaer 1769, “Grand Lori” of de Buffon 17770-1783, and “Grand Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Great Jacamar” of Latham 1782 (syn. Jacamerops aurea).
● ex “Ibijau” or “American Goatsucker” of Ray 1713, “Grand Tette-chèvre tacheté du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, “Grand Crapaud volant de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 325, “Grand Ibijau” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grand Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grand Barbu de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 871, “Grand Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Grand Barbet” of Latham 1783 (syn. Psilopogon virens).