Long-crested Myna

SCI Name:  Basilornis corythaix
Protonym:  Pastor Corythaix Syst.Av. Pastor [p.87] sp.4
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Basilornis
Taxonomy Code:  locmyn1
Type Locality:  Java, error = Seram.
Author:  Wagler
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BASILORNIS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Long-crested Myna B. corythaix) Gr. βασιλευς basileus  king; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Ad elongated plumes forming tall, rigid crest" (Eaton et al. 2016); "901. Basilornis, Temm. (Pastor, p. Wagl.)    Malaiasia.  1.    PASTOR corythaix, Wagl. (Basilornis celebensis, Temm. Mus. Lugd.) Syst. Av. ex Celebes nec Java.  Æneo-viridis: capite cristato: collari albido, lateribus dilatato, antice interrupto: rostro pedibusque fulvis." (Bonaparte 1850); "Basilornis Bonaparte, 1851, Consp. Av., 1 (1850), p. 420. Type, by monotypy, Pastor corythaix Wagler." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 116).
Var. Basileornis.

corythaix
Gr. κορυθαιξ koruthaix  with waving plumes, helmet-shaking  < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos  helmet; αισσω aissō  to move rapidly.
● ex “Touraco Louri” of Levaillant 1816, pl. 16 (Tauraco).

Corythaix
(Musophagidae; syn. Tauraco † Guinea Turaco T. persa) Gr. κορυθαιξ koruthaix  with waving plumes, helmet-shaking  < κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos  helmet; αισσω aissō  to move quickly; "GENUS 6. CORYTHAIX (κορυθαιξ  galeae cristam movens)  Turacus Cuv.  Turaco La Cép. Dum.  (Trägvogel Germ.  Touraco Gall.)  ...  Species: Cuculus Persa Lin." (Illiger 1811); "Corythaix Illiger, 1811, Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium, p. 202.  Type, by monotypy, Cuculus persa Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Corythrix (Gr. κορυς korus, κορυθος koruthos  helmet; θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair).