Colius

Translingual thumb Etymology mul :af grc:κολιός<unc><ety:from<κελεός<t:green woodpecker>>> -us :af grc:κολοιός<unc><t:Jackdaw> -us :af grc:κολεός<unc><t:scabbard, sheath> -us Coined by Paul Möhring in 1752, New Latin from an uncertain term + mul -us. Possibly taken from: mul grc κολιός, a variant of mul grc κελεός green woodpecker. Möhring placed Colius in the order Picae (lit: the woodpeckers) mul grc κολοιός Jackdaw, another bird with grayish plumage. Jackdaws are corvids, which Möhring also placed in the order Picae. mul grc κολεός scabbard or sheath, referencing the long tails of the birds which resemble the sheath of a sword. Proper noun m 1 genus family Coliidae References Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring, Avivm genera, 1752. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33360662 Jobling, 2010. Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names Dowsett, R. J. 1988. The genera of Afrotropical birds, and their etymology. Part 1. Tauraco 1, 139–147. mul Birds