White-billed Starling
White-billed Starling
Here the details of the White-billed Starling named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilonorhynchus (Kitta) albirostris NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.22
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Onychognathus
Taxonomy Code: whbsta1
Type Locality: Ethiopia.
Author: Rüppell
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ONYCHOGNATHUS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Chestnut-winged Starling O. fulgidus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos claw, nail; γναθος gnathos jaw; "1. Onychognathus, Nob., n. gen. Familia Sturnidæ, subfam.— Ptilonorhynchinæ, Gray. Char. gen. rostrum (pl. 14, fig. 2). Capite longius, compressum, grypanium, aduncum, culmine arcuato, basi applanato-rotundato; apice acuto elongato uncinato. Cauda valde gradata, elongata; rectrices angustæ debiles, apice rotundatæ. Alæ mediocres, remige prima spuria; tertia, quarta et quinta cæteris longioribus, æqualibus; remiges tertiariæ (pl. 14, f. 3) et tectrices alæ majores structuram exhibent valde extraordinariam; pogonium externum fascia longitudinali holosericea in duo quasi dimidia dispertitur, quorum unum superius (sæpo proximum) ordinarium, alterum inferius decompositum, laxum, quasi fimbriatum dependet. Pedes robusti, breves, digito interno et externo æqualibus; unguibus mediocribus, validis. O. fulgidus, Nob. ... Habitat: île Saint-Thomé, golfe de Guinée." (Hartlaub 1849); "Onychognathus Hartlaub, 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris), p. 494. Type, by monotypy, Onychognathus fulgidus Hartlaub." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 87).
Var. Onychoramphus (Gr. ραμφος rhamphos bill), Onychorhamphus, Onicognathus, Onycognathus, Onychognatus.
Synon. Amydrus, Cinnamopterus, Galeopsar, Hagiopsar, Nabouroupus, Oligomydrus, Pilorhinus, Ptilonorhynchus, Pyrrhocheira.
albirostris
L. albus white; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Calao à Bec Blanc” of Levaillant 1801 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Yapú negro y amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 59 (syn. Cacicus chrysopterus).
● ex “White-billed Jacamar” of Latham 1787 (Galbula).
● ex “Carpintero lomo blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 249 (subsp. Phloeoceastes melanoleucos).
● ex “Tangara pourpré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 128, fig. 1 (syn. Ramphocelus carbo).
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)