''Basilornis'' is a genus of

myna The mynas (; also spelled mynah) are a group of birds in the starling family (Sturnidae). This is a group of passerine birds which are native to Iran and Southern Asia, especially Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lan ...

s in the family Sturnidae. Established by

Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithology, ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal ...

in 1850, it contains the following species: * Sulawesi myna (''Basilornis celebensis'') *

Long-crested myna The long-crested myna (''Basilornis corythaix'') is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is endemic to Seram Island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane fo ...

(''Basilornis corythaix'') * Helmeted myna (''Basilornis galeatus'') The Apo myna was formerly included in this genus, but has since been transferred to the monotypic genus '' Goodfellowia''. The name ''Basilornis'' is a combination of the

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

words ''basileus'', meaning "king" and ''ornis'', meaning "bird".

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Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte {{Sturnidae-stub