Pied Butcherbird

SCI Name:  Cracticus nigrogularis
Protonym:  Vanga nigrogularis Syn.BirdsAustr. pt1 pl.3 fig.2,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Artamidae / Cracticus
Taxonomy Code:  piebut1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CRACTICUS
(Artamidae; Ϯ Hooded Butcherbird C. cassicus) Gr. κρακτικος kraktikos  noisy, clamorous; "CRACTICIDAE  ...  MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY are among the best known of Australian birds. They are  ...  usually bold and at times aggressive, have loud characteristic voices, sometimes harsh but often also tuneful." (Macdonald 1973); "99. CASSICAN, Cracticus.  Paradisea, Corvus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec droit et glabre à la base, alongé, fléchi à la pointe; mandibules échancrées vers le bout; la supérieure prolongée et arrondie dans les plumes du front.   Esp. Cassican. — Calybé, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Cracticus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 37. Type, by monotypy, Cassican — Calybé Buffon = Ramphastos cassicus Boddaert." (Amadon in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 166).
Var. Cradicus.
Synon. Barita, Bulestes.

nigrogularis
L. niger  black; Mod. L. gularis  throated  < L. gula  throat.

SUBSPECIES

Pied Butcherbird (picatus)
SCI Name: Cracticus nigrogularis picatus
picatum / picatus
L. picatus  bedaubed with tar, pied  < pix, picis  pitch.
● ex “Magpie Shrike” of Latham 1781, and “Pie Piegrièsche” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 60 (syn. Cissopis leveriana).
● ex “White-necked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (syn. Pseudastur albicollis).
● "45. RAMPHASTOS.  ...  picatus.  3. R. rostro rubro: apice nigro: carina compressa.  Pica brasiliensis. Alb. av. 2. p. 24. t. 25. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 19.  Habitat in America meridionali.  Rostrum magnum inter congeneres; etiam basi nigricans." (Linnaeus 1758); "The remarks as to the large size of the bill were no doubt induced by the very great exaggeration of that member in Aldrovandus' plate.  Albin's plate is much better proportioned.  The bird however bears no resemblance to any known species: it was probably an artifact." (J. Peters 1930) (artefact).

Pied Butcherbird (nigrogularis)
SCI Name: Cracticus nigrogularis nigrogularis
nigrogularis
L. niger  black; Mod. L. gularis  throated  < L. gula  throat.