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.)