Indian Pied Starling Gracupica contra Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (3)
Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij
Version: 2.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Assamese | কাণকুৰিকা |
Bangla | গো শালিক |
Catalan | estornell blanc-i-negre de Bengala |
Chinese | 印度鵲椋鳥 |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 班椋鳥 |
Chinese (SIM) | 斑椋鸟 |
Czech | špaček indomalajský |
Dutch | Eksterspreeuw |
English | Indian Pied Starling |
English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Indian Pied Myna |
English (India) | Indian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) |
English (United Arab Emirates) | Indian Pied Myna |
English (United States) | Indian Pied Starling |
French | Étourneau pie |
French (France) | Étourneau pie |
German | Elsterstar |
Hindi | अबलकी मैना |
Icelandic | Flekkustari |
Indonesian | Jalak india |
Marathi | कवडी मैना |
Norwegian | svartstrupestær |
Odia | ଗୁହା ବଣି |
Polish | szpak srokaty |
Punjabi (India) | ਡੱਬੀ ਮੈਨਾ |
Serbian | Indijski svrakasti čvorak |
Slovak | škorec strakatý |
Spanish | Estornino Pío Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Estornino pío común |
Telugu | వెండి పరికిపిట్ట |
Turkish | Hint Alaca Sığırcığı |
Ukrainian | Шпак строкатий |
Revision Notes
Nicholas D. Sly standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Shawn M. Billerman contributed to the Systematics page. Jessica Kane updated the distribution map.
Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Sturnus contra
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.167.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India, restricted to Calcutta by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 702.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GRACUPICA
- contra
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)