Corvidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvida Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Corvidae
Genera: Aphelocoma – Cissa – Coloeus – Corvus – Crypsirina – Cyanocitta – Cyanocorax – Cyanolyca – Cyanopica – Dendrocitta – Garrulus – Gymnorhinus – Nucifraga – Perisoreus – Pica – Platylophus – Platysmurus – Podoces – Ptilostomus – Pyrrhocorax – Temnurus – Urocissa – Zavattariornis

Genera now in synonymy: Calocitta – Psilorhinus
merged into Cyanocorax

Name

Corvidae Leach, 1820

Typus: Corvus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

Leach, W.E. 1820. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum: Eleventh Room. British Museum. London. 17th edition: 65–70. (Although the name of the author is not specified in the document, Leach was the Keeper of Zoology at the time). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.144385 Reference page. : 67

Additional references

Steinheimer, F. D. (2009). The type specimens of Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrocitta vagabunda. Zootaxa 2149: 1–49. Abstract & excerpt
Bonaccorso, E., Peterson, A.T., Navarro‐Sigüenza, A.G. & Fleischer, R.C. 2010. Molecular systematics and evolution of Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 897–909. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.014 Reference page.
McCullough, J.M., Oliveros, C.H., Benz, B.W., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Andersen, M.J. 2022. Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides. Systematic Biology 71(6): 1423–1439 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 Reference page.
Chesser, R.T., et al. (2024). Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 141 (3): 1-21. (Calocitta and Psilorhinus merged into Cyanocorax).

Vernacular names

ak: Anene
Boarisch: Roomvégel
беларуская: Крумкачовыя
български: Вранови
čeština: Krkavcovití
dansk: Kragefugle
Deutsch: Rabenvögel
Esperanto: Korvedoj
suomi: Varikset
Nordfriisk: Ruker
français: Corvidés
עברית: עורביים
magyar: Varjúfélék
հայերեն: Ագռավներ
Limburgs: Krejachtege
lietuvių: Varniniai
македонски: Врани
Nederlands: Kraaiachtigen
polski: Krukowate
русский: Врановые
slovenčina: Krkavcovité
slovenščina: Vrani
svenska: Kråkfåglar
ไทย: อีกา, นกกา, นกกะลิงเขียด, นกสาลิกาดง
Türkçe: Kargagiller
українська: Воронові
中文: 鸦科

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