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Pyrrhocorax graculus (yellow-billed chough)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Corvus graculus Linnaeus
1927Pyrrhocorax graculus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 84
1960Pyrrhocorax graculus Rudenko
1988Pyrrhocorax graculus Weesie p. 45 figs. Pl 8, figs 15-18
1997Pyrrhocorax graculus Seguí et al. p. 243
1998Pyrrhocorax graculus Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 59
2002Pyrrhocorax graculus Mlikovsky p. 238
2003Pyrrhocorax graculus Pavia and Bedetti p. 168 figs. Pl 1, fig 10
2007Pyrrhocorax graculus Bedetti and Pavia p. 499 figs. Pl 2, figs K,M
2013Pyrrhocorax graculus Bedetti and Pavia p. 45
2017Pyrrhocorax graculus Clements et al.
2018Pyrrhocorax graculus Carrera et al. p. 160
2025Pyrrhocorax graculus Marqueta et al. p. 63 fig. 4D

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPyrrhocoraxTunstall 1771
speciesgraculus(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-billed chough]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Pyrrhocorax graculus (194929)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Pyrrhocorax graculus (183123)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Pyrrhocorax graculus (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Pyrrhocorax graculus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Pyrrhocorax graculus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Pyrrhocorax graculus (197946 197947 197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Pyrrhocorax graculus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Pyrrhocorax graculus (194940 194942 194944 197938 199943 241538 241542 241544 241548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pyrrhocorax graculus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Pyrrhocorax graculus (194931 194932 194933 197769 197771 197772 197773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pyrrhocorax graculus (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Pyrrhocorax graculus (92902 182810 192949 192951 192955 192957 192959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Pyrrhocorax graculus (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax graculus (194939)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Pyrrhocorax graculus (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Pyrrhocorax graculus (194936 199942 199945)