Euodice Malabarica Bird

English Name:  Indian Silverbill
Latin Name:  Euodice malabarica
Protonym:  Loxia malabarica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.175
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Euodice
Taxonomy Code:  indsil
Type Locality:  India ; restricted to Malabar by Baker, 1926, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 3, p. 89.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUODICE
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Silverbill E. cantans) Gr. ευ eu  fine, perfection; ωδικος ōdikos  musical, singing  < ωδη ōdē  song; the African Silverbill was formerly known as the Warbling Silverbill for its gentle trilling song; "XXXVI. Euodice (ωδικος, ἡ  singend, Sänger, Sängerin,  ευ, wohl, angenehm) RCHB.  Schnabel so hoch als lang, stumpfwinkelig in die Stirn tretend, Spitzen genau gleichlang.  Schwingen 1—4 längste und gleichlang.  Schwanz am Ende keilförmig, Seitenfedern fast spatelförmig breiter werdend, Mittelfedern fast rhombisch spitzig.  Lauf kurz, nicht ganz um die Hälfte länger als Schnabel.   ...   146—49. E. cantans (Loxia — L. GM. 859. 82.) RCHB.   ...   150. E. malabarica (Fring. — L. GM.  857. 33.) Malabar Grossbeak LATH. syn. II. I. 154.) RCHB.  Erythrura Sheet JARD. SELB. ill. n. ser. pl. XXXIV.  Lonchura cheet SYKES Proceed. 1832. 95.  Loxia bicolor TICKELL.  Spermestes Cheet SYKES Proc. 1854. 160.  Amadina malabarica Gray. gen. n. 42.  ...  Kommt in Indien ziemlich allgemein vor und wird "Sar Munia" genannt, in Bengalen "Piduri", am Himalaia "Chorga"." (Reichenbach 1862); "Euodice Reichenbach, 1862-63, Singvögel, p. 46. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1890, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 13, p. 368), Loxia cantans Gmelin." (Mayr in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 368). 

malabarica / malabaricum / malabaricus
Malabar or Malabar Coast, India (Arabic name Malibar for the south-western coast of India).
● ex “Beaks of curious birds, pl. 281, fig. D” of Edwards 1758-1764, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Anthracoceros coronatus).
● ex “Petit merle de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Yellow-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Chloropsis aurifrons).
● ex “Grand Gobe-mouches de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● ex “Drongo à Raquettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 175 (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● ex “Alouette huppée de la Côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782 (Galerida).
● ex "Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi" of Sonnerat 1782 (Kittacincla).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  malabarica.  24. L. cinerea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, gula anoque albis.  Habitat in Indiis.  Corpus magnitudine & facie Pari. Rostrum nigrum. Gula alba. Remiges & Rectrices nigræ. Ani regio albida." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lonchura).
● ex “Mésange de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Malabar Titmouse” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus).
● ex “Martin vieillard de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Malabar Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Sturnia).
● ex "Pluvier de la côte Malabar" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 880, and "Pluvier à lambeaux" of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vanellus).