Description
Family Corvidae
A Family of passerine songbirds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers. Corvids are medium to large birds with strong feet and bills, rictal bristles and a single moult each year.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Corvida
()
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Corvidae
()
- Crows, Jays
- Genus:
Colluricincla
()
- Specific name:
megarhyncha
- Subspecies:
nea
- Scientific name: - Colluricincla megarhyncha nea
- Subspecies:
nea
- Specific name:
megarhyncha
- Genus:
Colluricincla
(
- Family:
Corvidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Corvida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Colluricincla
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. boweri (Stripe-Breasted Shrike Thrush) · C. cinerea · C. harmonica (Grey Shrike-Thrush) · C. harmonica brunnea · C. harmonica harmonica (Grey Shrike-Thrush) · C. harmonica rufiventris · C. harmonica strigata · C. harmonica superciliosa · C. megarhyncha (Brown Shrike-Flycatcher) · C. megarhyncha aelptes · C. megarhyncha affinis · C. megarhyncha aruensis · C. megarhyncha batantae · C. megarhyncha ferruginea · C. megarhyncha goodsoni · C. megarhyncha griseata · C. megarhyncha hybridus · C. megarhyncha idenburgi · C. megarhyncha madaraszi · C. megarhyncha maeandrina · C. megarhyncha megarhyncha (Rufous Shrike-Thrush) · C. megarhyncha melanorhyncha · C. megarhyncha misoliensis · C. megarhyncha nea · C. megarhyncha neos · C. megarhyncha obscura · C. megarhyncha parvula · C. megarhyncha ssp · C. megarhyncha tappenbecki · C. parvula · C. sanghirensis (Sangihe Shrike-Thrush) · C. tenebrosa (Morning Bird) · C. umbrina (Obscure Shrike-Thrush) · C. umbrina atra · C. umbrina tenebrosa · C. umbrina umbrina (Sooty Shrike-Thrush) · C. woodwardi (Brown-Breasted Shrike Thrush)
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2597872
