Sri Lanka Myna

Sri Lanka Myna / Gracula ptilogenys

Sri Lanka Myna

Here the details of the Sri Lanka Myna named bird below:

SCI Name:  Gracula ptilogenys
Protonym:  Gracula ptilogenys J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 15 p.285
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ceymyn1
Type Locality:  Ceylon.
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Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

GRACULA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Common Hill Myna G. religiosa) L. graculus  unknown bird, identified with the Jackdaw from its cries "gra gra" (cf. Med. L. graculus  Rook or Jay); "50. GRACULA.  Rostrum convexo-cultratum, basi nudiusculum.  Lingua integra, acutiuscula, carnosa.  Pedes digitis anticis 3, postico 1." (Linnaeus 1758); "Gracula Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 108. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List. Gen. Birds, p. 39), Gracula religiosa Linnaeus." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 118). Linnaeus's Gracula comprised seven species (G. religiosa, G. fœtida, G. Barita, G. cristatella, G. Saularis, G. Quiscula, G. Atthis). 
Var. Granula.
Synon. Eulabes, Mainatus.

ptilogenys
Gr. πτιλον ptilon  feather; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  cheek, jaw.