Magpie-lark / Grallina cyanoleuca
Magpie-lark
SCI Name:
Protonym: C[orvus] cyanoleucus Suppl.ind.orn. p.xxv
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Grallina
Taxonomy Code: maglar1
Type Locality: Sydney, New South Wales.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1801
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GRALLINA
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Magpie-lark G. cyanoleuca) Mod. L. grallinus with stilts < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < gradus step; "135. GRALLINE, Grallina. Bec grêle, droit, un peu arrondi, alongé, convexe en dessus; mandibule supérieure courbée et échancrée à la pointe. — Tarses alongés. — Queue médiocre. — Ailes longues, arrondies. — Ongles antérieurs très-petits; le postérieur très-fort, trés-crochu. Esp. nouv. (I) ... (I) GRALLINE NOIRE ET BLANCHE, Gallina [sic] melanoleuca. ... habite la Nouvelle-Hollande." (Vieillot 1816); "Grallina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by monotypy, Grallina melanoleuca Vieillot = Corvus cyanoleucus Latham." (Mayr in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 159).
Var. Gallina.
Synon. Colobathris, Grallipes, Pomareopsis, Tanypus.
cyanoleuca / cyanoleucos / cyanoleucus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; λευκος leukos white.
● ex “Martin pêcheur à ventre sablé” of Temminck 1807 (Halcyon).
● ex “Yahaná blanco y celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 381 (syn. Porphyrula flavirostris).
● ex “Golondrina de los timoneles negros” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 303 (Pygochelidon).
SUBSPECIES
Magpie-lark (neglecta)
SCI Name: Grallina cyanoleuca neglecta
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
Magpie-lark (cyanoleuca)
SCI Name: Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca
cyanoleuca / cyanoleucos / cyanoleucus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; λευκος leukos white.
● ex “Martin pêcheur à ventre sablé” of Temminck 1807 (Halcyon).
● ex “Yahaná blanco y celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 381 (syn. Porphyrula flavirostris).
● ex “Golondrina de los timoneles negros” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 303 (Pygochelidon).
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)