Australian Raven

SCI Name:  Corvus coronoides
Protonym:  Corvus Coronoides Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 15(1826) p.261
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code:  ausrav1
Type Locality:  Australia, restricted to Parramatta, New South Wales by Stresemann (1916, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 12, p. 290).
Author:  Vigors & Horsfield
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CORVUS
(Corvidae; Ϯ Common Raven C. corax) L. corvus  raven. In fable the Raven was originally white but, despite its supposed gift of prophecy, was turned into a black bird for its treachery. The Common or Northern Raven is the largest species of passerine bird; "48. CORVUS.  Rostrum convexum, cultratum, basi pennis setaceis tectum.  Lingua cartilaginea bifida." (Linnaeus 1758); "Corvus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 105. Type, by tautonymy, "Corvus", i.e. Corvus corax Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 261).  This is the ninth diagnosed genus in avian taxonomy.  Linnaeus's Corvus comprised twelve species (C. Corax, C. Corone, C. frugilegus, C. Cornix, C. Monedula, C. benghalensis, C. glandarius, C. cristatus, C. Caryocatactes, C. Pica, C. paradisi, C. infaustus).     
Var. Cervus, Coruus.   
Synon. Amblycorax, Anomalocorax, Archicorax, Coloeus, Corax, Corone, Corvultur, Frugilegus, Gymnocorax, Gymnocorvus, Heterocorax, Macrocorax, Microcorax, Monedula, Nesocorax, Palaeocorax, Physocorax, Pterocorax, Rhinocorax, Sitocorax, Trypanocorax.

corvus
L. corvus raven.
● From a local name Caa Maa crow gull, for the Black-legged Kittiwake in the Shetlands (syn. Rissa tridactyla).

coronoides
Specific name Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "Genus.  CORVUS.  Linn. et Auct.   1. CORONOIDES.  Corv. totus niger subcærulescens, rostro subelongato.  ...  This bird has a very general resemblance to our common species C. corone.  It is to be distinguished chiefly by its superior size, its length being twenty-two inches, while that of the European species is eighteen inches.  The bill also differs." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (Corvus).

SUBSPECIES

Australian Raven (coronoides)
SCI Name: Corvus coronoides coronoides
coronoides
Specific name Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "Genus.  CORVUS.  Linn. et Auct.   1. CORONOIDES.  Corv. totus niger subcærulescens, rostro subelongato.  ...  This bird has a very general resemblance to our common species C. corone.  It is to be distinguished chiefly by its superior size, its length being twenty-two inches, while that of the European species is eighteen inches.  The bill also differs." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (Corvus).

Australian Raven (perplexus)
SCI Name: Corvus coronoides perplexus
perplexa / perplexus
L. perplexus  confused, obscure, ambiguous  < plexus  plaited, interwoven.