Asian Pied Starling

SCI Name:  Gracupica contra
Protonym:  Sturnus contra Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.167
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Gracupica
Taxonomy Code:  aspsta2
Type Locality:  India, restricted to Calcutta by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 702.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

GRACUPICA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Black-collared Starling G. nigricollis) Portmanteau of genera Gracula Linnaeus, 1758, mynah, and Pica Brisson, 1760, magpie; "CLII.^e  Genre. GRACUPIE; Gracupica.  Bec alongé, fort, entier, pointu, convexe, comprimé, presque droit; mandibule inférieure comprimée, arrondie, pointue, à bords droits; commissure dénudée, ainsi que le tour des yeux; narines longitudinales, bordées par les plumes du front; ailes alongées, pointues; queue moyenne, arrondie; tarses robustes, forts, à scutelles épaisses.   MARTIN-PIE; Gracula melanoleuca, Mus. de Paris. De la côte de Coromandel. (Sonnerat.)" (Lesson 1831); "Gracupica Lesson, 1831, Traité Orn., p. 401. Type, by monotypy Gracula melanoleuca Lesson = Gracula nigricollis Paykull." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 104).
Var. Graculipica.
Synon. Laceryzon, Psarites, Sturnopastor.

contra
According to Albin 1738, the Pied Starling was called Contra by the people of Bengal, India (cf. Assamese name Kan kurika ); "94. STURNUS.  ...  Contra.  3. S. fuscus, macula oculari fascia alari abdomineque albis.  Sturnus ex albo & fusco varius benghalensis. Edw. av. 187. Alb. av. 3. p, 20. t. 21.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (Gracupica).

SUBSPECIES

Asian Pied Starling (Asian)
SCI Name: Gracupica contra [contra Group]
GRACUPICA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Black-collared Starling G. nigricollis) Portmanteau of genera Gracula Linnaeus, 1758, mynah, and Pica Brisson, 1760, magpie; "CLII.^e  Genre. GRACUPIE; Gracupica.  Bec alongé, fort, entier, pointu, convexe, comprimé, presque droit; mandibule inférieure comprimée, arrondie, pointue, à bords droits; commissure dénudée, ainsi que le tour des yeux; narines longitudinales, bordées par les plumes du front; ailes alongées, pointues; queue moyenne, arrondie; tarses robustes, forts, à scutelles épaisses.   MARTIN-PIE; Gracula melanoleuca, Mus. de Paris. De la côte de Coromandel. (Sonnerat.)" (Lesson 1831); "Gracupica Lesson, 1831, Traité Orn., p. 401. Type, by monotypy Gracula melanoleuca Lesson = Gracula nigricollis Paykull." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 104).
Var. Graculipica.
Synon. Laceryzon, Psarites, Sturnopastor.

Asian Pied Starling (Javan)
SCI Name: Gracupica contra jalla
jalla
Javanese names Jallak or Jallak-uring for the Javan Pied Starling (Gracupica).