International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
The binomial name was emended from "M. mascarinus" to "M. mascarin" by the IOC World Bird List in 2016, to conform with how other species epithets by Linnaeus have been treated. In 2020, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature conserved the name "M. mascarinus" as a justified emendation of the original spelling.