White-billed Starling

SCI Name:  Onychognathus albirostris
Protonym:  Ptilonorhynchus (Kitta) albirostris NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.22
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Onychognathus
Taxonomy Code:  whbsta1
Type Locality:  Ethiopia.
Author:  Rüppell
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ONYCHOGNATHUS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Chestnut-winged Starling O. fulgidus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw, nail; γναθος gnathos  jaw; "1. Onychognathus, Nob., n. gen.  Familia Sturnidæ, subfam.— Ptilonorhynchinæ, Gray.   Char. gen. rostrum (pl. 14, fig. 2). Capite longius, compressum, grypanium, aduncum, culmine arcuato, basi applanato-rotundato; apice acuto elongato uncinato.  Cauda valde gradata, elongata; rectrices angustæ debiles, apice rotundatæ.  Alæ mediocres, remige prima spuria; tertia, quarta et quinta cæteris longioribus, æqualibus; remiges tertiariæ (pl. 14, f. 3) et tectrices alæ majores structuram exhibent valde extraordinariam; pogonium externum fascia longitudinali holosericea in duo quasi dimidia dispertitur, quorum unum superius (sæpo proximum) ordinarium, alterum inferius decompositum, laxum, quasi fimbriatum dependet.  Pedes robusti, breves, digito interno et externo æqualibus; unguibus mediocribus, validis.   O. fulgidus, Nob.   ...   Habitat: île Saint-Thomé, golfe de Guinée." (Hartlaub 1849); "Onychognathus Hartlaub, 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris), p. 494. Type, by monotypy, Onychognathus fulgidus Hartlaub." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 87).   
Var. Onychoramphus (Gr. ραμφος rhamphos  bill), Onychorhamphus, Onicognathus, Onycognathus, Onychognatus.   
Synon. Amydrus, Cinnamopterus, Galeopsar, Hagiopsar, Nabouroupus, Oligomydrus, Pilorhinus, Ptilonorhynchus, Pyrrhocheira.

albirostris
L. albus  white; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Calao à Bec Blanc” of Levaillant 1801 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Yapú negro y amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 59 (syn. Cacicus chrysopterus).
● ex “White-billed Jacamar” of Latham 1787 (Galbula).
● ex “Carpintero lomo blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 249 (subsp. Phloeoceastes melanoleucos).
● ex “Tangara pourpré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 128, fig. 1 (syn. Ramphocelus carbo).