Hooded Crow

SCI Name:  Corvus cornix
Protonym:  Corvus Cornix Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.105
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code:  hoocro1
Type Locality:  'Europa;'' restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 9).
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

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).

cornix
L. cornix, cornicis  crow.
● "Graucalus cornix Rchw.   ♂: Kopf, Hals, Schwingen, Handdecken und Schwanzfedern schwarz mit einigem Glanz; Körpergefieder, Flügel- und Schwanzdecken grau, Unterkörper etwas blasser" (Reichenow 1900) (syn. Coracina longicauda).
● "48. CORVUS.  ...  Cornix.  4. C. cinerascens, capite gula alis caudaque nigris. Fn. svec. 71.  Cornix cinerea frugilega. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 4. Will. ornith. 84. t. 77. Raj. av. 39. Alb. av. 2. p. 22. t. 23. Frisch. av. t. 65.  Habitat in Europa, victitat Larvis Tipularum, quisquiliis; apud nos relegata, at inaudita & indefensa. Ventis adversa confides." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Corvus corone).

Cornix
L. cornix, cornicis  crow.
● (Icteridae; syn. Chrysomus Ϯ Yellow-hooded Blackbird C. icterocephalus) "Cornix atra; capite, collo pectoreque, flavis" (Koelreuter 1767); "Koelreuter is binary, but not binomial, in this paper." (Richmond 1917).
● (Corvidae; syn. Pyrrhocorax Ϯ Red-billed Chough P. pyrrhocorax) "39. CORVVS GRACVLVS.  Cornix Rufipes? Red-legged Crow, Cornish Daw, Cornish Chough, Cornwall Kae, or Killigrew.    40.CORVVS MONEDVLA.  Cornix Monedula. Jackdaw, Chough, or Daw" (T. Forster 1817).

SUBSPECIES

Hooded Crow (Hooded)
SCI Name: Corvus cornix [cornix Group]
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.

Hooded Crow (Mesopotamian)
SCI Name: Corvus cornix capellanus
capellanus
Late L. cappellanus  chaplain  < cappella  < dim. cappa  cloak, cope; “The bird is one bearing all the characteristics of the Hooded Crow, with the exception of its white feathers, which, from their resemblance to a surplice, have caused me to designate it the Chaplain Crow” (J. Huntley in P. Sclater 1876) (subsp. Corvus corone) (see clericus).