Tristram’s Starling
Tristram's Starling
Here the details of the Tristram's Starling named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Amydrus Tristramii Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(3), 2 p.465
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Onychognathus
Taxonomy Code: trista1
Type Locality: Mar Saaba, Hebron Valley, Israel.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1858
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.
tristrami / tristramii
Revd. Henry Baker Tristram (1822-1906) Canon of Durham, traveller, naturalist, antiquarian, early supporter of Darwin (syn. Coenocorypha aucklandica, Dicaeum, syn. Edolisoma salomonis (ex Edoliisoma salomonis Tristram, 1879), Emberiza, Hydrobates, subsp. Micropsitta finschii, Myzomela, Onychognathus, ‡subsp. Ptilinopus mercierii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris).
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)