Black Magpie

SCI Name:  Platysmurus leucopterus
Protonym:  Glaucopis leucopterus Pl.Col. livr.45 pl.265
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Platysmurus
Taxonomy Code:  blamag1
Type Locality:  Sumatra.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1824
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PLATYSMURUS
(Corvidae; Ϯ Malay Black Magpie P. leucopterus) Gr. πλατυσμα platusma   flat object, plate, blade; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail. Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXX, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae Loxiinae - Callaeatinae, shows the broad-feathered heavy-looking tail of this bird; "Platysmurus Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Systema Naturale, pl. LXXX (no specific names given).  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 63), Glaucopis leucopterus Temminck, 1824." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Glenargus.

leucopterum / leucopterus
Gr. λευκοπτερος leukopteros  white-winged  < λευκος leukos  white; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Mérion leucoptère” of Quoy & Gaimard 1824 (Malurus).
● ex “White-winged Oriole” (= ♂) of Latham 1782, and “White-backed Oriole” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Tachyphonus rufus).

LEPTOPTERUS
(Vangidae; Ϯ Chabert Vanga L. chabert) Gr. λεπτος leptos  delicate, slender; -πτερος -pteros  -feathered  < πτερον pteron  feather, wing; "Subf. 104.  ARTAMINÆ.   ...   48. Leptopterus, Bp.   ...   L'espèce nommée viridis par Gmelin (Analcipus hirundinaceus, Sw.), me donne le genre Leptopterus qui n'est autre que le Leptopteryx, Wagl., auquel, pour pouvoir l'adopter dans le sens restreint, je fais subir cette légère modification." (Bonaparte 1854); "Leptopterus Bonaparte, 1854, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 38, p. 387, 538. Type, by monotypy, [Lanius] viridis Gmelin [= Lanius chabert]." (Rand in Peters 1960, IX, 367).
Var. Leucopterus.
Synon. Abbottornis.

SUBSPECIES

Black Magpie (Malay)
SCI Name: Platysmurus leucopterus leucopterus
leucopterum / leucopterus
Gr. λευκοπτερος leukopteros  white-winged  < λευκος leukos  white; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Mérion leucoptère” of Quoy & Gaimard 1824 (Malurus).
● ex “White-winged Oriole” (= ♂) of Latham 1782, and “White-backed Oriole” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Tachyphonus rufus).

Black Magpie (Bornean)
SCI Name: Platysmurus leucopterus aterrimus
aterrima / aterrimum / aterrimus
Unattested L. aterrimus  very black, blackest  < super. ater  black.
● ex “Great Black Cockatoo” of Edwards 1764, “Kakatoës noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black Cockatoo” of Latham 1781 (Probosciger).
● ex “Puffinus carbonaria” of Solander MS, and “Bulweria aterrima” of authors (Pseudobulweria).
● ex “Lesser Black Promerops” of Latham 1822 (Rhinopomastus).