Large-billed Crow

SCI Name:  Corvus macrorhynchos
Protonym:  Corvus Macrorhynchos Syst.Av. Corvus [p.313] sp.3
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code:  labcro1
Type Locality:  'Nova Hollandia, Nova Guinea et in insulis Sumatra et Java'' [= Java].
Author:  Wagler
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).

macrorhyncha / macrorhynchos / macrorhynchus
Gr. μακρορρυγχος makrorrhunkhos long-billed < μακρος makros long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Great-billed Tody” of Latham 1782 (Cymbirhynchus).
● ex “Perroquet de la nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 713, “Perroquet à bec couleur de sang” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great-billed Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos).
● ex “Plus grand Barbu à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 689, “Plus grand Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Greater Pied Barbet” of Latham 1782 (Notharchus).

SUBSPECIES

Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
SCI Name: Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos 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.

Large-billed Crow (Indian Jungle)
SCI Name: Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus
culminatus
Late L. culminatus  apical, culminate  < culminare  to crown  < L. culmen, culminis (contraction  of columen)  crown, peak.

Large-billed Crow (Eastern)
SCI Name: Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii
levaillanti / levaillantii
François Levaillant (1753-1824) French ornithologist, explorer, collector (syn. Amazona oratrix, syn. Anhinga rufa, syn. Anthoscopus minutus, syn. Baryphthengus ruficapillus, syn. Cisticola cantans, syn. Cisticola tinniens, syn. Circus ranivorus, Clamator (ex "Variété du Coucou Édolio" of Levaillant 1806, pl. 209), syn. Coracias naevius, syn. Coracina caesia (ex “Echenilleur Gris” of Levaillant 1805, pll. 162, 163), syn. Corvus capensis, subsp. Corvus macrorhynchos, syn. Crypsirina temia, syn. Cuculus clamosus, syn. Indicator indicator (ex “Grand Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241), syn. Myrmecocichla nigra (ex “Traquet Commandeur” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 189), syn. Pogonornis minor, syn. Poicephalus robustus (ex “Perroquet à Franges Souci” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 131), syn. Pycnonotus nigricans (ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317, and “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1), ?syn. Ramphastos tucanus (ex “Toucan à collier jaune” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 4), syn. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas, Scleroptila, syn. Streptopelia semitorquata) (see vaillanti).