Black-collared Starling / Gracupica nigricollis
WBN 
Black-collared Starling
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gracula nigricollis K.Vet.Akad.NyaHandl. 27 p.291
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Gracupica
Taxonomy Code: bkcsta1
Type Locality: Canton, China.
Author: Paykull
Publish Year: 1807
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
nigricollis
L. niger black; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Plastron noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1801 (Anthracothorax).
● ex “Blacknecked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Busarellus).
● ex “Coliou Rayé à Gorge Noire” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 259 (Colius).
● ex “Blacknecked Swan” of Latham 1785 (syn. Cygnus melancoryphus).
● ex “Black-necked Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gracupica nigricollis).
● ex “Tangara olive à gorge noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 720, fig. 1, “Tangara à gorge noire” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hemithraupis guira nigrigula).
● ex Ampelis carnifex von Spix, 1825 (Phoenicircus).
● ex “Coturnix madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Caille de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 171, and “Blacknecked Quail” of Latham 1783 (Turnix).
● ex “Black-throated Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Blacknecked Warbler” of Latham 1787 (unident.; ?Timaliidae).
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)
