Austral Blackbird

SCI Name:  Curaeus curaeus
Protonym:  Turdus Curaeus SaggioStoriaNat.Chile p.252,345
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Icteridae / Curaeus
Taxonomy Code:  ausbla1
Type Locality:  Chile.
Author:  Molina
Publish Year:  1782
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CURAEUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Austral Blackbird C. curaeus) Specific name Turdus curaeus Molina, 1782. "Genus CURÆUS.   844. CURÆUS ATERRIMUS.  Turdus curæus, Mol. Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 211.  Icterus aterrimus, Kittl. Vögel v. Chili, pl. 2.  Leistes niger, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 304.  Leistes curæus, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 190.  Psarocolius curæus, Bp. Consp. p. 425." (P. Sclater 1862); "Curaeus P. L. Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Turdus curaeus Molina." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 182).
Synon. Notiopsar.

curaeus
Araucano onomatopoeic name Küren for the Austral Blackbird (Curaeus).

CURAEUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Austral Blackbird C. curaeus) Specific name Turdus curaeus Molina, 1782. "Genus CURÆUS.   844. CURÆUS ATERRIMUS.  Turdus curæus, Mol. Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 211.  Icterus aterrimus, Kittl. Vögel v. Chili, pl. 2.  Leistes niger, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 304.  Leistes curæus, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 190.  Psarocolius curæus, Bp. Consp. p. 425." (P. Sclater 1862); "Curaeus P. L. Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Turdus curaeus Molina." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 182).
Synon. Notiopsar.

curaeus
Araucano onomatopoeic name Küren for the Austral Blackbird (Curaeus).

SUBSPECIES

Austral Blackbird (curaeus)
SCI Name: Curaeus curaeus curaeus
CURAEUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Austral Blackbird C. curaeus) Specific name Turdus curaeus Molina, 1782. "Genus CURÆUS.   844. CURÆUS ATERRIMUS.  Turdus curæus, Mol. Hist. Nat. Chili, p. 211.  Icterus aterrimus, Kittl. Vögel v. Chili, pl. 2.  Leistes niger, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 304.  Leistes curæus, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 190.  Psarocolius curæus, Bp. Consp. p. 425." (P. Sclater 1862); "Curaeus P. L. Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 139. Type, by monotypy, Turdus curaeus Molina." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 182).
Synon. Notiopsar.

Austral Blackbird (recurvirostris)
SCI Name: Curaeus curaeus recurvirostris
recurvirostra / recurvirostris
L. recurvus  bent backwards  < recurvare  to bend; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Jamaica Shoveler” of Latham 1785 (syn. Oxyura jamaicensis).

Austral Blackbird (reynoldsi)
SCI Name: Curaeus curaeus reynoldsi
reynoldsi
● Percival William Reynolds (1904-1940) British ornithologist, explorer (subsp. Curaeus curaeus).
● Prof. Barrie Gordon Robert Reynolds (b. 1932) British ethnologist in Rhodesia/Zambia 1955-1966, Canada 1968-1975, and Australia 1975-1998 (OD per Björn Bergenholtz) (subsp. Mirafra apiata).