Indian Pied Starling Gracupica contra Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (3)
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | কাণকুৰিকা |
| Bangla | গো শালিক |
| Chinese | 印度鵲椋鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 斑椋鸟 |
| Czech | špaček indomalajský |
| Dutch | Eksterspreeuw |
| English | Indian Pied Starling |
| English (India) | Indian Pied Starling (Pied Myna) |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Indian Pied Myna |
| English (United States) | Indian Pied Starling |
| French | Étourneau pie |
| French (French Guiana) | Étourneau pie |
| German | Elsterstar |
| Hindi | अबलकी मैना |
| Icelandic | Flekkustari |
| Marathi | कवडी मैना |
| Odia | ଗୁହା ବଣି |
| Polish | szpak srokaty |
| 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 Naturae ed.10 1, p.167.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India, restricted to Calcutta by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 702.
Definitions
- GRACUPICA
- contra
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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)
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