Waller's Starling

SCI Name:  Onychognathus walleri
Protonym:  Amydrus walleri Ibis p.335
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sturnidae / Onychognathus
Taxonomy Code:  walsta1
Type Locality:  Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1880
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ONYCHOGNATHUS
(Sturnidae; Ϯ Chestnut-winged Starling O. fulgidus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw, nail; γναθος gnathos  jaw; "1. Onychognathus, Nob., n. gen.  Familia Sturnidæ, subfam.— Ptilonorhynchinæ, Gray.   Char. gen. rostrum (pl. 14, fig. 2). Capite longius, compressum, grypanium, aduncum, culmine arcuato, basi applanato-rotundato; apice acuto elongato uncinato.  Cauda valde gradata, elongata; rectrices angustæ debiles, apice rotundatæ.  Alæ mediocres, remige prima spuria; tertia, quarta et quinta cæteris longioribus, æqualibus; remiges tertiariæ (pl. 14, f. 3) et tectrices alæ majores structuram exhibent valde extraordinariam; pogonium externum fascia longitudinali holosericea in duo quasi dimidia dispertitur, quorum unum superius (sæpo proximum) ordinarium, alterum inferius decompositum, laxum, quasi fimbriatum dependet.  Pedes robusti, breves, digito interno et externo æqualibus; unguibus mediocribus, validis.   O. fulgidus, Nob.   ...   Habitat: île Saint-Thomé, golfe de Guinée." (Hartlaub 1849); "Onychognathus Hartlaub, 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris), p. 494. Type, by monotypy, Onychognathus fulgidus Hartlaub." (Amadon in Peters 1962, XV, 87).   
Var. Onychoramphus (Gr. ραμφος rhamphos  bill), Onychorhamphus, Onicognathus, Onycognathus, Onychognatus.   
Synon. Amydrus, Cinnamopterus, Galeopsar, Hagiopsar, Nabouroupus, Oligomydrus, Pilorhinus, Ptilonorhynchus, Pyrrhocheira.

walleri
● Gerald Waller (fl. 1880) English naturalist, collector in East Africa (Onychognathus).
● Benjamin I. Waller (fl. 1962) US amateur geologist, diver (‡Titanis).
● Eli Waller (d. 1881) Australian taxidermist, collector (syn. Tyto longimembris).

SUBSPECIES

Waller's Starling (Preuss's)
SCI Name: Onychognathus walleri preussi
preussi
Paul Preuss (1861-1926) German botanist, collector in West Africa 1886-1888 (syn. Campephaga quiscalina, syn. Ceblepyris caesius purus, syn. Chlorophoneus multicolor, subsp. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Onychognathus walleri, Petrochelidon, Ploceus).

Waller's Starling (Albertine)
SCI Name: Onychognathus walleri elgonensis
elgonense / elgonensis
Mt. Elgon, Kenya.

Waller's Starling (Waller's)
SCI Name: Onychognathus walleri walleri
walleri
● Gerald Waller (fl. 1880) English naturalist, collector in East Africa (Onychognathus).
● Benjamin I. Waller (fl. 1962) US amateur geologist, diver (‡Titanis).
● Eli Waller (d. 1881) Australian taxidermist, collector (syn. Tyto longimembris).