Sulawesi Myna

Sulawesi Myna / Basilornis celebensis

Sulawesi Myna

Here the details of the Sulawesi Myna named bird below:

SCI Name:  Basilornis celebensis
Protonym:  Basilornis celebensis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.184
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sulmyn1
Type Locality:  Celebes (Menado, Makassar).
Author:  
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

BASILORNIS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Long-crested Myna B. corythaix) Gr. βασιλευς basileus  king; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Ad elongated plumes forming tall, rigid crest" (Eaton et al. 2016); "901. Basilornis, Temm. (Pastor, p. Wagl.)    Malaiasia.  1.    PASTOR corythaix, Wagl. (Basilornis celebensis, Temm. Mus. Lugd.) Syst. Av. ex Celebes nec Java.  Æneo-viridis: capite cristato: collari albido, lateribus dilatato, antice interrupto: rostro pedibusque fulvis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Basilornis Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 420. Type, by monotypy, Pastor corythaix Wagler." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 116).
Var. Basileornis.

celebense / celebensis
Celebes, Dutch East Indies / Sulawesi, Indonesia.