Enggano Myna / Gracula enganensis
Enggano Myna
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gracula enganensis Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 13 p. 137
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Gracula
Taxonomy Code: engmyn1
Type Locality: Engano Island.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1892
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
GRACULA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Common Hill Myna G. religiosa) L. graculus unknown bird, identified with the Jackdaw from its cries "gra gra" (cf. Med. L. graculus Rook or Jay); "50. GRACULA. Rostrum convexo-cultratum, basi nudiusculum. Lingua integra, acutiuscula, carnosa. Pedes digitis anticis 3, postico 1." (Linnaeus 1758); "Gracula Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 108. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List. Gen. Birds, p. 39), Gracula religiosa Linnaeus." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 118). Linnaeus's Gracula comprised seven species (G. religiosa, G. fœtida, G. Barita, G. cristatella, G. Saularis, G. Quiscula, G. Atthis).
Var. Granula.
Synon. Eulabes, Mainatus.
enganensis
● Engano I. (= Enggano), Sumatra, Indonesia (subsp. Aplonis panayensis, subsp. Coracina striata, subsp. Gracula religiosa, subsp. Otus umbra).
● Cape Engaño, Luzon, Philippines (syn. Cyornis herioti).
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)