Mountain Grackle / Macroagelaius subalaris
Mountain Grackle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Quiscalus sub-alaris Rev.Zool. 3 p.70
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Macroagelaius
Taxonomy Code: mougra1
Type Locality: Santa-Fe de Bogota.
Author: Boissonneau
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
MACROAGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Mountain Grackle M. subalaris) Gr. μακρος makros long; genus Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, blackbird; "5. Macroagelaius. 12. AGELAIUS SUBALARIS, (Boissonneau.) Quiscalus subalaris, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p.70. Specimens in the Academy Museum labelled "Bogota." Though usually rated as a Quiscalus, this bird, in my opinion, is more properly to be regarded as an Agelaius, though differing from the typical subgroups in having a longer and more Quiscalus-like tail. It is not an uncommon bird in collections from the northern countries of South America." (Cassin 1866); "Macroagelaius Cassin, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 13. Type, by monotypy, Quiscalus sub-alaris Boissonneau." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 185).
Var. Macragelaeus.
Synon. Pseudagelaeus, Sciopsar.
subalaris
L. subalaris under the arms < sub underneath; ala armpit, wing (cf. Late L. subalaris under the wings, under-wing).
● “allied to B[radornis]. pallidus Müll., but is smaller, darker, and above all distinguished by its dark fawn-coloured under wing-coverts” (Sharpe 1874) (subsp. Agricola pallidus).
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)