Biology:Gracupica

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Gracupica
A bird in Shenzhen.jpg
Black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Gracupica
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Gracula melanoleuca[1] = Gracula nigricollis
Lesson, 1831

Gracupica is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia.

Taxonomy

The genus Gracupica was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson to accommodate the black-collared starling which is therefore the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Latin graculus meaning "jackdaw" with pica meaning "magpie".[4]

Species

The genus contains four species.[5]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Black Collared Starling RWD4.jpg Gracupica nigricollis Black-collared starling Brunei, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Asian Pied Starling I IMG 5520.jpg Gracupica contra Indian pied myna Indian subcontinent
Gracupica contra by shrikant rao.jpg Gracupica floweri Siamese pied myna mainland Southeast Asia
Pied myna (Gracupica contra) on feeder, Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta, 2015-03-15.jpg Gracupica jalla Javan pied myna southern Sumatra, Java, and Bali

A 2021 study found that G. contra represents a species complex of 3 distinct species formerly thought to be subspecies of G. contra: the Indian pied myna (G. contra sensu stricto) from most of the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Yunnan in China ; the Siamese pied myna (G. floweri) from Thailand and Cambodia, and the possibly extinct in the wild Javan pied myna (G. jalla), historically known from Java and Bali in Indonesia.[6] The International Ornithological Congress has accepted these results.[7]

References

  1. "Sturnidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=181. 
  2. Lesson, René (1831) (in French). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique. Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 401 (livraison 6). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35997385.  Published in 8 livraisons between 1830 and 1831. For the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267763194. 
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1962). Check-list of Birds of the World. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 104. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485477. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n176/mode/1up. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/nuthatch/. 
  6. Baveja, Pratibha; Garg, Kritika M.; Chattopadhyay, Balaji; Sadanandan, Keren R.; Prawiradilaga, Dewi M.; Yuda, Pramana; Lee, Jessica G. H.; Rheindt, Frank E. (2021). "Using historical genome-wide DNA to unravel the confused taxonomy in a songbird lineage that is extinct in the wild" (in en). Evolutionary Applications 14 (3): 698–709. doi:10.1111/eva.13149. ISSN 1752-4571. PMID 33767745. Bibcode2021EvApp..14..698B. 
  7. "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/taxonomy/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3770027 entry