The Key to Scientific Names
- Rhinocorax
(Corvidae; syn. Corvus † Fan-tailed Raven C. rhipidurus) Gr. ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nostrils; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak (cf. ῥινοκοραξ rhinokorax the name given to an unknown bird, perhaps a hornbill, seen by Alexander’s Macedonian infantry near a river in India); "[KEY] d''. Nasal bristles erect and directed forwards and upwards . . .7. RHINOCORAX. ... Rhinocorax affinis. ... nasal bristles black, and becoming gradually erect towards the forehead, directed forwards anteriorly, so as to hide the nostrils completely" (Sharpe 1877); "Rhinocorax Sharpe, Cat. Bds. B. M. iii, p. 45, 1877: type by monotypy, Corvus affinis Rüpp. nec Shaw = Corvus rhipidurus Hartert." (W. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., II, p. 652).
