Chestnut-tailed Starling
Chestnut-tailed Starling
Here the details of the Chestnut-tailed Starling named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus malabaricus Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.816
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Sturnia
Taxonomy Code: chtsta2
Type Locality: Malabar.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
STURNIA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ White-shouldered Starling S. sinensis) Variation of genus Sturnus Linnaeus, 1758, starling; "Les STURNIES (sturnia, Less.) sont des oiseaux intermédiaires aux étourneaux et aux pastors, et par conséquent ont des caractères communs aux deux genres. ... Le plumage de ces oiseaux est doux, le duvet est de nature soyeuse. Les espèces sont répandues dans le nord de l'Inde et du Japon. L'espèce type est la sturnie élégante4, dont Daubenton a donné une fort mauvaise figure (Enl. 617), sous le nom de kink de la Chine. ... 4 Pastor chinensis, Temm.; oriolus sinensis et sturnus sericeus, Lath.; pastor elegans, Less., Zool. de Bélanger, pl. 6." (Lesson 1837); "Sturnia Lesson, 1837, Compl. Buffon, 9, p. 53. Type, by original designation, Pastor elegans Lesson = Oriolus sinensis Gmelin." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 104).
Synon. Hetaerornis, Temenuchus.
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).
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-tailed Starling (malabarica)
SCI Name: Sturnia malabarica malabarica
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).
Chestnut-tailed Starling (nemoricola)
SCI Name: Sturnia malabarica nemoricola
nemoricola / nemoricolus
L. nemus, nemoris forest, wood < Gr. νεμος nemos pasture, glade < νεμω nemō to drive to pasture; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit.
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)