Acridotheres

Translingual

Acridotheres fuscus

Etymology

From New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”), from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Acridotheres m

A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the typical mynas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Sturnidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): great myna, Acridotheres grandis; crested myna, Acridotheres cristatellus; white-vented myna, Acridotheres javanicus; pale-bellied myna, Acridotheres cinereus; jungle myna, Acridotheres fuscus; collared myna, Acridotheres albocinctus; bank myna, Acridotheres ginginianus; common myna, Acridotheres tristis - species

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Acridotheres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acridotheres on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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