Bank Myna

SCI Name:  Acridotheres ginginianus
Protonym:  Turdus ginginianus IndexOrn. 1 p.362
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Acridotheres
Taxonomy Code:  banmyn1
Type Locality:  India, restricted to Nadia, Bengal by Baker (1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 702).
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACRIDOTHERES
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Common Myna A. tristis) Gr. ακρις akris, ακριδος akridos  locust; -θηρας -thēras  -hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal. "MARTIN, Acridotheres.  Paradisea, Gracula, Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath.   Bec droit, tendu, convexe en dessus, comprimé; mandibule supérieure, entière ou échancrée, un peu déprimée et inclinée vers le bout. — Tête en partie, ou seulement les orbites glabres.   2 sections.   Esp. Martin. — Merle-chauve, Buff.  —  Martin brame, Sonnerat.   ...   Acridothera  [ακρις, locustella, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Acridotheres Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 42. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 40), Paradisea tristis Linnaeus." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 112).   
Var. Acridothera, Acridotherss, Cridotheres.   
Synon. Aethiopsar, Graculaea.

gingensis / gingica / gingicus / ginginianus
Gingi, Coromandel Coast / Gingee, Tamil Nadu, India.
● ex “Petit martin de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Gingi Thrush” of Latham 1787 (Acridotheres).
● Erroneous TL. Gingi (= Fokien, southeastern China); ex “Perdrix de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Gingi Partridge” of Latham 1783 (Arborophila).
● ex “Gingi Lark” of Latham 1783 (syn. Eremopterix grisea).
● ex “Vautour de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782 (subsp. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Calao de Gingi” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Gingi Hornbill” of Latham 1787 (syn. Ocyceros birostris).