The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Gymnocorax

(Corvidae; syn. Corvus Grey Crow C. tristis) Gr. γυμνος gumnos  bare, naked; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos  raven  < κρωζω krōzō  to croak; "Gymnocorax nob., Gymnocorvus! Less. Tr. (tristis Less. = C. senex Garn. Coq. 24) alis brevioribus, facie nudiuscula" (Sundevall 1872); "Gymnocorax Sundevall, 1872, Methodi Naturalis Avium Dispon. Tentamen, pt. I, p. 44.  New name for Gymnocorvus Lesson, 1830, considered unacceptable as a generic term by reason of its hybrid Greek and Latin construction." (JAJ 2021).


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