White-cheeked Starling / Spodiopsar cineraceus
WBN 
White-cheeked Starling
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sturnus cineraceus Pl.Col. livr.94 pl.556
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Spodiopsar
Taxonomy Code: whcsta1
Type Locality: Japan.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1835
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.
cineracea / cineraceum / cineraceus
L. cineraceus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Cotinga cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Cinereous Godwit” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Tringa nebularia).
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)
