Red-billed Starling / Spodiopsar sericeus
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Red-billed Starling
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sturnus sericeus Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.805
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Spodiopsar
Taxonomy Code: rebsta1
Type Locality: China.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPODIOPSAR
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Red-billed Starling S. sericeus) Gr. σποδιος spodios ash-coloured < σποδος spodos ashes; ψαρ psar, ψαρος psaros starling; "I regret to find that the name of "Poliopsar," which I proposed as a genus for the Indian and Chinese Starlings (Ibis, 1888, p. 476) is preoccupied by Cassin (Proc. Acad. Phil. 1867, p. 55). I propose therefore to change it to Spodiopsar, which will include the following species:— Spodiopsar cineraceus, S. colletti, S. sericeus, S. cambodianus, S. burmanicus, S. leucocephalus, S. andamanensis, S. erythropygius, S. malabaricus, S. nemoricola, and S. blythi." (Sharpe 1889).
Var. Opodiopsar.
Synon. Poliopsar.
sericeus
Med. L. sericeus silken.
● ex “Silk Starling” of Brown 1776, and “Silk Stare” of Latham 1783 (Spodiopsar).
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)
