Paradise-crow / Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
Paradise-crow
SCI Name:
Protonym: C[orvus] pyrrhopterus Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.384
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paradisaeidae / Lycocorax
Taxonomy Code: parcro1
Type Locality: Gilolo.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
LYCOCORAX
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Halmahera Paradise Crow L. pyrrhopterus) Genus Lycos Boie, 1829, jackdaw; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "829. Corvus, L. ... *2. C. violaceus, Temm. Mus. Lugd. ex Ceram. ... Rostrum typice elongatum et curvatum. Magnitudine Monedulae. Ob Staturam saltem cum Lycis genus Corvus proprium conjungit. *3. C. pyrrhopterus, Temm. Mus. Lugd. ex Gilolo. ... Statura praecedentis. Rostrum modicum, rectiusculum. Non omnino typicus." (Bonaparte 1850); "J'y placerai aussi le genre Amblycorax, Bp., pour le Corvus violaceus de Ceram, de mon Conspectus; et le Lycocorax, Bp., pour le C. pyrrhopterus de Gilolo du même ouvrage." (Bonaparte 1853); "Lycocorax Bonaparte, 1853, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 37, p. 829. Type, by original designation [= by monotypy], Corvus pyrrhopterus Bonaparte." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, 184). Cracraft 1992, postulated at least three phylogenetic species in this genus.
pyrrhoptera / pyrrhopterum / pyrrhopterus
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing (cf. πυρροπτερυξ purrhopterux, πυρροπτερυγος purrhopterugos red-winged).
● ex “Coucou des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 824 (?syn. Centropus sinensis, ?syn. Centropus viridis).
● ex “Tordo del negro cobijas de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 74 (Icterus).
SUBSPECIES
Paradise-crow (Halmahera)
SCI Name: Lycocorax pyrrhopterus pyrrhopterus/morotensis
LYCOCORAX
(Paradisaeidae; Ϯ Halmahera Paradise Crow L. pyrrhopterus) Genus Lycos Boie, 1829, jackdaw; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "829. Corvus, L. ... *2. C. violaceus, Temm. Mus. Lugd. ex Ceram. ... Rostrum typice elongatum et curvatum. Magnitudine Monedulae. Ob Staturam saltem cum Lycis genus Corvus proprium conjungit. *3. C. pyrrhopterus, Temm. Mus. Lugd. ex Gilolo. ... Statura praecedentis. Rostrum modicum, rectiusculum. Non omnino typicus." (Bonaparte 1850); "J'y placerai aussi le genre Amblycorax, Bp., pour le Corvus violaceus de Ceram, de mon Conspectus; et le Lycocorax, Bp., pour le C. pyrrhopterus de Gilolo du même ouvrage." (Bonaparte 1853); "Lycocorax Bonaparte, 1853, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 37, p. 829. Type, by original designation [= by monotypy], Corvus pyrrhopterus Bonaparte." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, 184). Cracraft 1992, postulated at least three phylogenetic species in this genus.
Paradise-crow (Obi)
SCI Name: Lycocorax pyrrhopterus obiensis
obiense / obiensis / obira
Obi or Obira I., Moluccas, Indonesia.
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)