Crested Myna

Here the details of the Crested Myna named bird below:

SCI Name:  Acridotheres cristatellus
Protonym:  Gracula cristatella Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.109
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Acridotheres
Taxonomy Code:  cremyn
Type Locality:  China.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
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.

cristatellus
Mod. L. cristatella  little crested  < dim. L. cristatus  crested, plumed  < crista  crest, plume.
● "50. GRACULA.   ...   cristatella.  4. G. nigra, remigibus primoribus basi rectricibusque apice albis, rostro flavo.  Sturnus chinensis niger. Edw. av. 19. t. 19.  Habitat in China." (Linnaeus 1758) (Acridotheres).

SUBSPECIES

Crested Myna (cristatellus)
SCI Name: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus
cristatellus
Mod. L. cristatella  little crested  < dim. L. cristatus  crested, plumed  < crista  crest, plume.
● "50. GRACULA.   ...   cristatella.  4. G. nigra, remigibus primoribus basi rectricibusque apice albis, rostro flavo.  Sturnus chinensis niger. Edw. av. 19. t. 19.  Habitat in China." (Linnaeus 1758) (Acridotheres).

Crested Myna (brevipennis)
SCI Name: Acridotheres cristatellus brevipennis
brevipennis
Mod. L. brevipennis  short-winged  < L. brevis  short; -pennis  -winged  < penna  feather.

Crested Myna (formosanus)
SCI Name: Acridotheres cristatellus formosanus
formosae / formosana / formosanus
Formosa (= Taiwan).