The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Amblycorax

(Corvidae; syn. Corvus Violet Crow C. violaceus) Gr. αμβλυς amblus   dull, blunt  < αμβλυνω amblunō  to blunt; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos  raven  < κρωζω krōzō  to croak; "J'y placerai aussi le genre Amblycorax, Bp., pour le Corvus violaceus de Ceram, de mon Conspectus" (Bonaparte 1853); "Amblycorax Bonaparte, 1853, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVII, p. 829.  Type, by monotypy, Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Amblyocorax.


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