Enggano Myna / Gracula enganensis

Enggano Myna / Gracula enganensis

Enggano Myna

SCI Name:  Gracula enganensis
Protonym:  Gracula enganensis Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 13 p. 137
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae /
Taxonomy Code:  engmyn1
Type Locality:  Engano Island.
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Publish Year:  1892
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DEFINITIONS

GRACULA
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Common Hill Myna G. religiosa) L. graculus  unknown bird, identified with the Jackdaw from its cries "gra gra" (cf. Med. L. graculus  Rook or Jay); "50. GRACULA.  Rostrum convexo-cultratum, basi nudiusculum.  Lingua integra, acutiuscula, carnosa.  Pedes digitis anticis 3, postico 1." (Linnaeus 1758); "Gracula Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 108. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List. Gen. Birds, p. 39), Gracula religiosa Linnaeus." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 118). Linnaeus's Gracula comprised seven species (G. religiosa, G. fœtida, G. Barita, G. cristatella, G. Saularis, G. Quiscula, G. Atthis). 
Var. Granula.
Synon. Eulabes, Mainatus.

enganensis
● Engano I. (= Enggano), Sumatra, Indonesia (subsp. Aplonis panayensis, subsp. Coracina striata, subsp. Gracula religiosa, subsp. Otus umbra).
● Cape Engaño, Luzon, Philippines (syn. Cyornis herioti).