The Key to Scientific Names
- Urolestes
(Laniidae; syn. Lanius Ϯ Magpie Shrike L. melanoleucus) Gr. ουρα oura tail; λῃστης lēistēs robber (i.e. shrike) < λῃστευω lēisteuō to rob; "Tail black, pointed, very long (up to c. 35cm) and strongly graduated (graduation up to c. 24cm)" (Lefranc & Worfolk 1997); "Gen. UROLESTES *) Elsterwürger. Basanistes Licht. 1842 nec Burm. 431. 1. U. melanoleucus Nob. — Lanius melanoleucus Smith; Jard et Selby Jllustr. Orn. tab. 115. Mag. Zool. 1837. Ois. tab. 61. — Lanius melanurus et Basanistes cissoides Licht. Verz. 1842. No. 33. ... *) Von ουρα, Schwanz und λῃστης, Räuber. Der Name Basanistes ist bereits früher anderweitig vergeben." (Cabanis 1853); "Urolestes Cabanis, 1853, Museum Heineanum, I, p. 75. New name for Basanistes Lichtenstein, 1842, not of Burmeister, i.e. Nordmann, 1832 (Crustacea)." (JAJ 2021) (see Corvinella).
Var. Urolectes.