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Ceylon Myna

Gracula ptilogenys Blyth, E 1846

The Sri Lanka hill myna, Ceylon myna or Sri Lanka myna, is a myna, a member of the starling family. This bird is endemic to Sri Lanka. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Gracula
Scientific:
  Gracula ptilogenys


Original description

Citation:
  Blyth, E 1846

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 15, no.172 p.285

Protonym:
  Gracula ptilogenys

Type locality:
  Ceylon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123983#page/413/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6BEF1E779B50805C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6BEF1E77

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6BEF1E77


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560274


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Gracula ptilogenys: humid forest of Sri Lanka
English:
Ceylon Myna
Catalan:
minà de Sri Lanka
Czech:
loskuták srílanský
Danish:
Sri Lanka-beo
German:
Dschungelbeo
Spanish:
Miná Cingalés
Spanish (Spain):
Miná Cingalés
Finnish:
srilankanmaina
French:
Mainate de Ceylan
Croatian:
cejlonski čvorak
Hungarian:
ceyloni beó
Italian:
Gracula di Sri Lanka
Japanese (romaji):
seironkyuukanchou
Japanese:
セイロンキュウカンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Šrilankinė šventoji maina
Dutch:
Ceylonbeo
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Veddabeostare
Norwegian:
Veddabeostær
Polish:
gwarek cejloński
Portuguese:
mainato-cingalês
Portuguese (Portugal):
mainá-do-ceilão
Russian:
Ланкийская майна
Slovak:
beo cejlónsky
Serbian:
Mina sa Šri Lanke
Swedish:
ceylonbeostare
Ukrainian:
Бео цейлонський
Chinese:
斯里兰卡鹩哥
Chinese (Traditional):
斯里蘭卡鷯哥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mainate de Ceylan ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Mainate de Ceylan ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 1st edition:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2021:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2022:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2023:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2024:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 3rd edition:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 4th edition:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2015:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2016:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2017:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2018:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Clements, version 2019:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 1.50:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 1.52:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 1.53:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 1.54:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 1.55:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2015:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2016:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2017:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2018:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2019:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2021:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2022:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2023:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
eBird version 2024:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Ceylon Grackle ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Ceylon Grackle ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Sri Lanka Hill Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Oriental Bird Club:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Gracula ptilogenys
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Gracula ptilogenys
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Gracula ptilogenys
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Ceylon Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Sri Lanka Myna ( Gracula ptilogenys)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gracula ptilogenys
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gracula ptilogenys

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: minà de Sri Lanka
Czech: Loskuták ceylonský, loskuták srílanský
Danish: Sri Lanka-beo
German: Ceylon-Beo, Dschungelatzel, Dschungelbeo
English: Ceylon Grackle, Ceylon Grackle Mynah, Ceylon Hill Myna, Ceylon Hill Mynah, Ceylon Myna, Ceylon Mynah, Sri Lanka Hill Myna, Sri Lanka Myna
English, HBW: Sri Lanka Hill Myna
English (IOC): Sri Lanka Hill Myna
English (United States): Sri Lanka Myna
Esperanto: Srilanka montominao
Spanish: Mainá de Ceilán, Miná Cingalés
Spanish (Spain): Miná Cingalés
Spanish (HBW): Sri Lanka Myna
Estonian: singali maina
Finnish: Ceyloninmaina, srilankanmaina
French: Mainate de Ceylan, Mainate du Sri Lanka
Croatian: cejlonski čvorak
Hungarian: ceyloni beó
Italian: Gracula di Sri Lanka
Japanese (romaji): seironkyuukanchou
Japanese: セイロンキュウカンチョウ
Scientific: Gracula ptilogenys
Lithuanian: Šrilankinė šventoji maina
Dutch: Celyonbeo, Ceylonbeo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Veddabeostare
Norwegian: Veddabeostær
Polish: gwarek cejlonski, gwarek cejloński
Portuguese: mainato-cingalês
Portuguese (Portugal): mainá-do-ceilão
Russian: Ланкийская майна, Цейлонская священная майна
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Sri Lanka Salalihiniya
Slovak: beo cejlónsky
Serbian: Mina sa Šri Lanke
Swedish: ceylonbeostare, Sri Lankabeo
Tamil: இலங்கை மைனா
Turkish: Seylan çiğdecisi
Ukrainian: Бео цейлонський
Chinese: 斯里兰卡鹩哥
Chinese (Traditional): 斯里蘭卡鷯哥

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