Gray Cuckooshrike / Coracina caesia
Gray Cuckooshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ceblepyris caesia Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.51
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Coracina
Taxonomy Code: grycus1
Type Locality: 'Terr. Caffror'' = Kaffraria.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CORACINA
(Campephagidae; † White-bellied Cuckooshrike C. papuensis) Gr. κορακινος korakinos little raven < dim. κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "102. CORACINE, Coracina. Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec glabre, ou emplumé, ou cilié à la base, épais, rétréci à la pointe, déprimé, anguleux en dessus, courbé vers le bout, entier ou échancré; mandibule inférieure un peu aplatie en dessous. 4 sections. Esp. Col-nud. — Choucari. — Choucas chauve, Buff. Céphaloptère, Geoffroy, Annales du muséum." (Vieillot 1816); "Gen. CORACINA Vieill. 1816. *) Raupendohle. Graucalus Cuv. 1817. — Coronis Glog. 1827. ... *) Als Vieillot die Gattung Caracina [sic] begründete, waren von den 4 Typen derselben bereits 3 für andre Gattungen (Gymnoderus, Gymnocephalus [= Perissocephalus] und Cephalopterus Geoffr) vergeben und haben diese die Priorität. Es bleibt daher für die Gattung Coracina als Typus nur der Choucari (Corvus papuensis), welcher zugleich Typus der späteren Gattung Graucalus Cuv. ist." (Cabanis 1853); "Coracina Vieillot, 1816 (April), Analyse, p. 37. Type, by subsequent designation, "Choucari" of Buffon = Corvus papuensis Gmelin (Cabanis, 1851, Mus. Hein., Th. 1, [1850-51][= 1853], p. 62)." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 168) (see Graucalus and Ceblepyris).
Var. Caracina, Carocina, Corvina.
Synon. Artamides, Coronis, Gazzola, Graucalus, Kinkus, Paragraucalus, Pteropodocys, Ptiladela, Volvocivora.
• (Cotingidae; syn. Cephalopterus † Ornate Umbrellabird C. ornatus) (see above).
• (Cotingidae; syn. Gymnoderus † Bare-necked Fruitcrow G. foetidus) (see above).
• (Cotingidae; syn. Perissocephalus † Capuchinbird P. tricolor) (see above).
• (Cotingidae; syn. Pyroderus † Red-ruffed Fruitcrow P. scutatus) "SUBFAM. CORACINÆ. Fruit Crows. ... South America only. CORACINA, Vieillot. (fig. 237. a, b) Front and base of the bill protected by short thick-set feathers. C. scutata. Pl. Col. 40." (Swainson 1837); "Coracina "Vieillot" Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 267 (not of Vieillot, 1816). Type, by monotypy, C. scutata, i.e. Coracias scutata Shaw, 1792." (JAJ 2021).
coracina / coracinus
L. coracinus raven-black < Gr. κορακινος korakinos raven-black < κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak.
● ex “Grivert de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 616 (syn. Saltator maximus).
caesia
L. caesius bluish-grey (can also mean grey-eyed).
SUBSPECIES
Gray Cuckooshrike (pura)
SCI Name: Coracina caesia pura
pura
L. purus pure, clean, unstained, plain.
Gray Cuckooshrike (preussi)
SCI Name: Coracina caesia preussi
preussi
Paul Preuss (1861-1926) German botanist, collector in West Africa 1886-1888 (syn. Campephaga quiscalina, syn. Ceblepyris caesius purus, syn. Chlorophoneus multicolor, subsp. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Onychognathus walleri, Petrochelidon, Ploceus).
Gray Cuckooshrike (caesia)
SCI Name: Coracina caesia caesia
caesia
L. caesius bluish-grey (can also mean grey-eyed).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)