Sunda Cuckooshrike / Coracina larvata
Sunda Cuckooshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ceblepyris larvata Verh.Nat.Gesch.[Temminck] Land-Volk. pt6,7or8 p.190,note
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Coracina
Taxonomy Code: suncus1
Type Locality: 'Java''.
Author: Müller, S
Publish Year: 1843
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).
larvata
L. larvatus masked < larva mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).
SUBSPECIES
Sunda Cuckooshrike (melanocephala)
SCI Name: Coracina larvata melanocephala
melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Black-headed Shrike” of Latham 1783 (syn. Brachypodius atriceps).
● ex “Pato cabeza negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 438 (syn. Heteronetta atricapilla).
● ex “Manakin à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 303, fig. 1 (syn. Manacus manacus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... melanocephalus. 33. P. brachiurus viridis subtus luteus, pileo nigro, pectore albo. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. p. Psittacus coccineus, ventre albo. Edw. av. 169. t. 169. Habitat in Mexico." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pionites).
● "96. LOXIA. ... melanocephala. 26. L. lutea, capite atro. Coccothraustes gambogia. Alb. av. 3. p. 58. t. 62. Habitat in Gvinea." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ploceus).
● ex “Pluvian du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 918, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Black-headed Plover” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pluvianus aegyptius).
● ex “Black-headed Ibis” of Latham 1787, and “Tantalus de Macé” of Cuvier 1804 (Threskiornis).
● ex “Black-headed Roller” of Latham 1787 (syn. Urocissa erythrorhyncha).
● ex “Pie Bleue à Tête Noire” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 58 (unident.; ?syn. Urocissa sp.).
Sunda Cuckooshrike (normani)
SCI Name: Coracina larvata normani
normani
● George Cameron Norman (1861-1910) British naturalist, friend of Bowdler Sharpe (subsp. Coracina larvata).
● Norman River, Queensland, Australia (subsp. Artamus cinereus, syn. Cincloramphus mathewsi, subsp. Cisticola juncidis, subsp. Colluricincla megarhyncha, syn. Egretta picata, syn. Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa, syn. Peneoenanthe pulverulenta).
Sunda Cuckooshrike (larvata)
SCI Name: Coracina larvata larvata
larvata
L. larvatus masked < larva mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).
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)