Magpie Starling

SCI Name:  Speculipastor bicolor
Protonym:  Speculipastor bicolor Orn.Centralbl. 4 p.108
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Speculipastor
Taxonomy Code:  magsta1
Type Locality:  Kipini, Kenya.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1879
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SPECULIPASTOR
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Magpie Starling S. bicolor) Mod. L. speculum  speculum  < L. speculum, speculi  mirror  < specere  to look at; genus Pastor Temminck, 1815, starling; "Adult male is black and white with brilliant red eyes, in flight with obvious white wing-patches." (Redman et al. 2009); "Speculipastor  g.n.  Genus novum Sturnidarum.  Rostrum mediocre, capite brevius, compressum, culmine arcuato; naribus apertis.  Alae caudae basin longe superantes, remigibus 2—4 subaequaelibus longissimis, 5 parum breviore; pogoniis externis remigum 3—6 parte apicale perspicue angustatis.  Cauda mediocris rotundata, alis brevior; rectricibus apice latis.  Pedes robusti, 5 scutis tarsalibus, digito interno externoque subaequalibus.  Typus: Speculipastor bicolor.     Speculipaster bicolor sp. n.  Coracinus; abdomine, subalaribus et remigum primorum partibus basalibus albis" (Reichenow 1879).

bicolor
L. bicolor, bicoloris  bicoloured  < bi-  two-  < bis  twice; color, coloris  colour; epithet usually given to spp. with white underparts and contrastingly darker upperparts.
● ex “Crested Titmouse” of Catesby 1731, and “Mésange hupée de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760 (Baeolophus).
● ex “Coucal Noirou” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 220 (syn. Centropus nigrorufus).
● ex “Colibri Nr. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Saphir-émeraude” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sapphire-and-Emerald Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Cyanophaia).
● ex “Pic varié de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig.1, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Dendrocopos lignarius).
● ex “Pato roxo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 436 (Dendrocygna).
● ex “Ramier blanc mangeur de muscade de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (Ducula).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 566, fig. 3, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Black and white Fly-catcher” of Edwards 1758, and Latham 1783 (syn. Fluvicola pica).
● ex "Merle brun du Cap de Bonne Espérance" of de Buffon 1770-1783, and "White-rumped Thrush" of Latham 1783 (Lamprotornis).
● ex "Bahama Sparrow" of Catesby 1731 (Melanospiza).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (?syn. Merops hirundineus).
● ex “Guêpier de l’isle de France” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 252 (syn. Merops viridis).
● ex “Schet Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 148 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).