Painted Stork

SCI Name:  Mycteria leucocephala
Protonym:  Tantalus leucocephalus Indn.Zool. p.11 pl.10
Taxonomy:  Ciconiiformes / Ciconiidae / Mycteria
Taxonomy Code:  paisto1
Type Locality:  Ceylon.
Author:  Pennant
Publish Year:  1769
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

MYCTERIA
(Ciconiidae; Ϯ Wood Stork M. americana) Gr. μυκτηρ muktēr, μυκτηρος muktēros  snout, nose  < μυκτεριζω mukterizō  to turn up the nose; "74. MYCTERIA.  Rostrum maxilla superiore triquetra rectissima subadscendens, acutum, Maxilla inferiore trigona acuminata adscendens.  Nares lineares.  Lingua nulla. Marcgr.  Pedes tetradactyli." (Linnaeus 1758); "Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 140. Type, by monotypy, Mycteria americana Linnaeus." (Kahl in Peters 1979, I, ed. 2, 245). Linnaeus's Mycteria comprised a single species.
Var. Micteria.
Synon. Diplocercus, Diplura, Dipluravis, Dissourodes, Ibis, Pseudotantalus, Tantalides, Tantalops, Tantalus.

mycteria
Gr. μυκτηρ muktēr, μυκτηρος muktēros  snout  < μυκτεριζω mukterizō  to turn up the nose.
● ex “Jabirú” of Marcgrave 1648 (Jabiru).

leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
Gr. λευκοκεφαλος leukokephalos  white-headed  < λευκος leukos  white;
-κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  leucocephalus.  26. P. brachyurus viridis, remigibus cæruleis, fronte alba.  Psittacus leucocephalus. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 8. Raj. av. 31.  Psittacus viridis, fronte alba, collo rubro. Frisch. av. 4. t. 46.  Psittacus viridis, capite albo. Edw. av. 166. t. 166.  Habitat in America.  Corpus magnitudine Cuculi, viride pennis margine nigris. Caput supra & ad latera cæruleum; fronte oculorumque regione alba. Gula tota rubra. Remiges nigræ latere exteriore denudato cæruleæ. Rectrices æquales, virides, basi rubræ, apice flavescentes; at 1. 1. latere exteriore cæruleo; 6. 6. unicolores. Abdomen postice ferrugineum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Amazona).
● ex “White-headed Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Artamella viridis).
● ex "White-headed Curlew" of Latham 1785 (?syn. Bostrychia hagedash).
● ex “Gavilán de Estero cabeza blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 13 (subsp. Busarellus nigricollis).
● ex “Héron de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 906, “Héron violet” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Violet Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ciconia episcopus).
● ex “Rauhfuss Geyer” and “Gelbbrauner Geyer” of Frisch 1733, “Falco” of Brisson 1760, and “White-headed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (syn. Falco peregrinus).
● ex “White-headed Frigate” of Latham 1785 (syn. Fregata aquila).
● ex “Bald Eagle” of Catesby 1731, and “Aigle à tête blanche” of Brisson 1760 (Haliaeetus).
● ex “Merle Dominiquain de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “White-headed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Hypsipetes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à ventre jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 569, fig. 2 (syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis).
● ex “White Vulture” and “Cinereous Vulture” of Willughhby 1676, “Vultur albus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur leucocephalus” of Brisson 1760, “Vautour de Norwège” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 429, and “Petit Vautour” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Bald pate” of Ray 1713, “Columba capite albo” of Sloane 1725, and “White-crown’d Pigeon” of Catesby 1731 (Patagioenas).
● ex “Martin-Pêcheur de Java” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 757, “Martin-pêcheur à tête et cou couleur de paille” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “White-headed Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (syn. Pelargopsis capensis javana).
● ex “White-headed Finch” of Latham 1787 (syn. Stagonopleura guttata).
● ex “Lindo azul cabeza blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 93 (syn. Stephanophorus diadematus).
● ex “Quatoztli” of Hernandez 1651, and Seba 1734-1745, and “Tangara brasiliensis leucocephala” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).