Helmeted Myna

SCI Name:  Basilornis galeatus
Protonym:  Basilornis galeatus Abh.Ber.Mus.Dresden 5 no.2 p.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Basilornis
Taxonomy Code:  helmyn1
Type Locality:  New Guinea, error = Banggai or Sula.
Author:  Meyer, AB
Publish Year:  1894
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

galeata / galeatum / galeatus
L. galeatus  helmeted  < galea  helmet (usually refers to a full and conspicuous crest).
● ex “Red-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1802 (syn. Callocephalon fimbriatum).
● ex “Galeated Cassowary” of Latham 1785 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 189, and “Drongo” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Dicrurus forficatus).
● ex “Yahaná” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 379 (Gallinula).
● (syn. Knipolegus lophotes) (= ♀).
● (syn. Knipolegus nigerrimus) (= ♂).
● ex "Figuier huppé de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 1 (Lophotriccus).
● ex “Hocco du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pauxi pauxi).
● ex “Calao à casque rond” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 933, and “Helmet Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhinoplax vigil).