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Pyrrhocorax (chough)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Pyrrhocorax was named by Tunstall (1771). It is extant.

It was assigned to Corvidae by Tunstall (1771), Lambrecht (1933), Gaillard (1939), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Pyrrhocorax Tunstall
1933Pyrrhocorax Lambrecht p. 66409
1939Pyrrhocorax Gaillard p. 46
2002Pyrrhocorax Mlikovsky p. 238
2017Pyrrhocorax Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPyrrhocoraxTunstall 1771

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pyrrhocorax Tunstall 1771 [chough]
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Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-billed chough]
†Pyrrhocorax primigenius Milne-Edwards 1875
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed chough]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available