The Key to Scientific Names
- corone
Gr. κορωνη korōnē crow < κρωζω krōzō to croak (see corax).
● "48. CORVUS. ... Corone. 2. C. atro-cærulescens, cauda rotundata: rectricibus acutis. Cornix. Raj. av. 39. n. 2. Alb. av. 2. p. 20. t. 21. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Corvus).- Corone
(Corvidae; syn. Corvus † Carrion Crow C. corone) Gr. κορωνη korōnē crow < κρωζω krōzō to croak (cf. specific name Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758); "3. Corvus corone, cornix. ... 3. Krähe. Corone. E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Corvus und Garrulus. Ch[arakter]. Raben von mittlerer Größe und mit ganzen Nackenfedern, an welchen ein Schaft zu unterscheiden ist. L[ebensart]. Sie gleichen hierin den Dohlen." (Kaup 1829); "Corone, Kaup, Skizz. Entwick. Gesch. Nat. Syst. p. 99, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by tautonymy): Corvus corone Linné." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, 894); "Corone Kaup, Skizz. Entwickl. Europ. Thierw., p. 99, 1829—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., p. 64, 1855), Corvus corone Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 1).
- pseudocorone
Gr. ψευδος pseudos false; specific name Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758; "659.—Corvus corone, Lin. ... I am not prepared to assert that our Northern Indian bird (which I long ago separated as pseudo-corone,) is identical with the European Carrion Crow. On the contrary I still consider it distinct. Our Indian bird is rare. I think in all these years I have only succeeded in obtaining two specimens besides the one procured in Cashmere by Mr. Brooks. Comparing these with three European specimens I note certain differences which, if constant, would be of specific value. In our birds the legs and feet are very much smaller, the wings are more than an inch shorter, the culmen is much more raised, the upper plumage has a bluer, that of the European birds, a redder purple gloss, and the lower surface in our birds is greyer than that of the European specimens." (Hume 1874) (syn. Corvus corone orientalis).
- pyrrhocorone
L. pyrrhocorax, pyrrhocoracis chough < Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak (cf. genus Pyrrhocorax Tunstall, 1771, chough); Gr. κορωνη korōnē crow < κρωζω krōzō to croak (cf. genus Corone Kaup, 1829, crow, jackdaw) (syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).
- subcorone
- L. sub near to; specific name Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Corvus corone).