The Key to Scientific Names
- trypanocorax
Gr. τρυπανον trupanon drill, bore < τρυπαω trupaō to pierce; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak (cf. genus Trypanocorax Kaup, 1855, rook) (syn. Corvus frugilegus).
- Trypanocorax
(Corvidae; syn. Corvus † Rook C. frugilegus) Gr. τρυπανον trupanon drill, bore < τρυπαω trupaō to pierce; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "a. Corveæ ... b. Corone, Kp. - c. Trypanocorax, Bp. - d. Amblycorax, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854); "Moneduleae **) ... **) Zu den Moneduleae gehört als 4. Gruppe Trypanocorax." (Kaup 1855); "Trypanocorax Kaup (C. frugilegus L.) setis nasalibus deciduis et plumis juguli laceris, nec densis nitidisque, agnoscendus; vix tamen genus distinctum" (Sundevall 1872); "Trypanocorax Sundevall (ex Bonaparte 1), Meth. Av. Tent., p. 43, 1872—type, by monotypy, Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus. ... 1 Trypanocorax Bonaparte (Ann. Sci. Nat., (4), Zool., 1, p. 113, 1854) is a nomen nudum." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 1).
