PHILIPPINE GLOSSY STARLING.
- Muscicapa panayensis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1783), 2, 96.
- Calornis panayensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 147; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 244, pl. 6, fig. 1 (egg); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 241 (habits).
- Lamprocorax panayensis Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1899), 51, 216.
- Lamprococorax panayensis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 109 (error).
Ga-lang-si-ang′, Bohol; lu-ci-ang, Cagayancillo; ma-ma-di-ang′, Cuyo; co-ra-cling, Manila.
Agutaya (McGregor); Balabac (Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard, McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Camiguin S. (Murray); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett); Libagao (Porter); Luzon (Meyer, Möllendorff, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Bartsch); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Nipa (Everett); Palawan (Steere, Everett, Platen, Whitehead, Lempriere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere, Bourns & Worcester); Papahag (Bartsch); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Burbidge, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).—Entirely black, strongly glossed with green, except the remiges and rectrices which have but little gloss; when held away from the light the feathers show slight purple reflections. Iris bright red; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 215. A male from Bohol measures: Wing, 106; tail, 74; culmen from base, 25; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 22. A female from Bohol, wing, 104; tail, 72; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 22.
Young.—Above blackish, slightly glossed with green; sides of head and of neck and under parts white or yellowish, streaked with blackish brown, the streaks narrowest on throat, widest on sides of breast and on flanks.
“Five males average: Length, 224; wing, 106; tail, 75; culmen, 22; tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 24. Four females, length, 212; wing, 102; tail, 69; culmen, 20; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 24.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Three eggs of the Panay glossy starling collected by Whitehead in Isabela Province, Luzon, are described as follows: “Shape sharp ovate. Ground-color beautiful sea-green, blotched and spotted toward the large end with pale reddish lilac under-markings and sienna over-markings. Measurements, 27 mm. by 19 mm.” (Grant and Whitehead.)