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Corvidae
Taxonomy
Corvidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant. Its type is Corvus.
It was assigned to Passeres by Hay (1902); to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Corvida by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Passeriformes by Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Passeres by Hay (1902); to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Corvida by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Passeriformes by Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Aphelocoma, Corvinae, Corvus (type genus), Cyanocitta, Cyanopica, Garrulinae, Garrulus, Gymnorhinus, Miocitta, Miocorvus (syn. Miocorax), Nucifraga, Palaeocorax, Perisoreus, Pica, Protocitta, Pyrrhocorax
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Corvidae Vigors |
| 1902 | Corvidae Hay p. 537 |
| 1930 | Corvidae Hay p. 355 |
| 1933 | Corvidae Lambrecht p. 636 |
| 1940 | Corvidae Wetmore p. 71 |
| 1956 | Corvidae Wetmore p. 91 |
| 1982 | Corvidae Olson and James p. 38 |
| 1988 | Corvidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Corvidae Baird p. 31 |
| 1992 | Corvidae Guthrie p. 324 |
| 1992 | Corvidae Parmalee p. 314 |
| 2001 | Corvidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 300 |
| 2007 | Corvidae Livezey and Zusi p. 95 |
| 2017 | Corvidae Clements et al. |
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Fm. Corvidae Vigors 1825
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G. Aphelocoma Cabanis 1851 [scrub jay]
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Subg. Aphelocoma (Aphelocoma) Cabanis 1851
Aphelocoma californica Vigors 1839 [California scrub-jay]
Aphelocoma coerulescens Bosc 1795 [Florida scrub jay]
Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw 1886 [island scrub-jay]
Aphelocoma ultramarina Bonaparte 1825 [Ultramarine jay]
G. Corvus Linnaeus 1758 [crow]
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Corvus albicollis Latham 1790 [white-necked raven]
Corvus albus Muller 1776 [pied crow]
†Corvus annectens Shufeldt 1891
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 [American crow]
Corvus caurinus Baird 1858
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 [common raven]
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 [carrion crow]
Corvus cryptoleucus Couch 1854
Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus 1758 [rook]
†Corvus hungaricus Lambrecht 1915
Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin 1900 [white-necked crow]
Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler 1827 [large-billed crow]
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian jackdaw]
Corvus moneduloides Lesson 1831 [New Caledonian crow]
†Corvus moriorum Forbes 1892 [Chatham Islands raven]
Corvus ossifragus Wilson 1812 [fish crow]
Corvus palmarum Württemburg 1835 [palm crow]
†Corvus pliocaenus Portis 1887
†Corvus praecorax Depéret 1890
†Corvus pumilis Wetmore 1920
†Corvus shufeldti Sharpe 1909
G. Cyanocitta Strickland 1845 [jay]
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Cyanocitta cristata Linnaeus 1758 [blue jay]
Cyanocitta stelleri Gmelin 1788 [Steller's jay]
G. Cyanopica Bonaparte 1850
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Cyanopica cooki Bonaparte 1850 [Iberian magpie]
Cyanopica cyanus Pallas 1776 [azure-winged magpie]
G. Garrulus Brisson 1760
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Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian jay]
Garrulus lidthi Bonaparte 1850 [Lidth's jay]
G. †Miocorvus Lambrecht 1933
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†Miocorvus larteti Milne-Edwards 1871
Invalid names: Miocorax Lambrecht 1933 [replaced]
G. Nucifraga Brisson 1760
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Nucifraga caryocatactes Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian nutcracker]
Nucifraga columbiana Wilson 1811 [Clark's nutcracker]
G. Perisoreus Bonaparte 1831 [jay]
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Perisoreus canadensis Linnaeus 1766 [Canada jay]
Perisoreus infaustus Linnaeus 1758 [Siberian jay]
G. Pica Brisson 1760
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Pica hudsonia Sabine 1823 [black-billed magpie]
†Pica mourerae Segui 2001
Pica nuttalli Audubon 1837 [yellow-billed magpie]
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian magpie]
G. †Protocitta Brodkorb 1957 [jay]
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†Protocitta ajax Brodkorb 1972
†Protocitta dixi Brodkorb 1957 [jay]
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]
Invalid names: Garrulinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available