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Corvinae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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A Sub-family in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Corvinae is a member of the Family Corvidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Corvinae:

The Subfamily Corvinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Artamus

Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-colored passerine birds. There is a single genus, Artamus, The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae in an expanded family Artamidae, which includes the butcherbirds and Australian Magpie, or as the only genus in that family. The generic name, which in turn gives rise to the family name, is derived from the Ancient Greek artamos, meaning butcher or murder. The name was given due to their perceived similarity to shrikes, indeed a former common name for the group was "swallow-starlings". [more]

Calocitta

Calocitta is a of family Corvidae (Crow-like birds). They are commonly known as magpie-jays. These birds are native to the southern part of North America. The two known species are known to form hybrids. [more]

Campochaera

The Golden Cuckooshrike (Campochaera sloetii) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Campochaera.[] It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [more]

Cissa

A Sub-species in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]

Cnemophilus

Cnemophilus is a genus of in the Cnemophilidae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Cyanocitta

The genus Cyanocitta is a genus of jays, passerine birds of the family Corvidae. Cyanocitta includes only two of the New World jays; they are blue, crested birds that differ in the color of the head. Their ranges generally do not overlap. [more]

Cyanopica

The Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana) is a in the crow family. It is 31-35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the European Magpie (Pica pica) but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. [more]

Gymnorhina

The Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Cracticidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds. At one stage, the Australian Magpie was considered to be three separate species, although zones of hybridisation between forms reinforced the idea of a single species with several subspecies, nine of which are now recognised. The adult Australian Magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm (14.5?17 in) in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. With its long legs, the Australian Magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. This adaptation has led to many authorities maintaining it in its own genus Gymnorhina. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian Magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. [more]

Hemipus

The flycatcher-shrikes are two species of small Asian passerine bird belonging to the genus Hemipus. They are traditionally placed in the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. It now appears that they, along with the woodshrikes and philentomas, are more closely related to the helmetshrikes, Prionopidae, and vangas, Vangidae. [more]

Lophorina

The Superb Bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) is a small, approximately 26 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (Birds of Paradise) family. It is the only member in the genus Lophorina. The male is black with an iridescent green crown, blue-green breast shield and a long velvety black erectile cape covering his back. The female is a reddish-brown bird with brownish barred buff below. The young is similar to the female. [more]

Lycocorax

The Paradise-crow (Lycocorax pyrrhopterus) also known as the Silky Crow, is a medium-sized (approximately 34 cm long) crow-like bird of paradise with all-dark, soft and silky plumage. It has a black bill, crimson eyes, and a call reminiscent of a dog's bark. Both sexes are similar; the female is slightly smaller than the male. [more]

Macgregoria

Macgregoria may refer to: [more]

Manucodia

The genus Manucodia (, 1783) consists of five medium-sized birds of paradise with black-glossed purple and green plumages. [more]

Melampitta

Melampitta is a genus of New Guinean bird containing two enigmatic species. These are birds with black plumage that live in remote rainforests. They are little studied and even their taxonomic relationships with other birds are uncertain. [more]

Peltops

Peltops is a genus of in the Cracticidae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Platylophus

The Crested Jay (Platylophus galericulatus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Platylophus. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Pseudopodoces

The Ground Tit, Tibetan Ground-tit or Hume's Ground-tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) is a lark-like bird which lives to the north of the Himalayas. It is also known as Hume's Groundpecker. It was formerly thought to belong to the family Corvidae which includes the crows and jays and was called as the Hume's Ground Jay or Tibetan Ground Jay. This species has since been identified as a member of the tit family (Paridae) and is the only species in the genus Pseudopodoces. [more]

Psilorhinus

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]

Pteridophora

The King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti) is a bird in the Bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae). It is the only member in the monotypic genus Pteridophora. It is endemic to montane forest in New Guinea. [more]

Ptilostomus

The Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is a member of the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus. According to recent findings, it is most closely related to the Central Asian ground jays (Ericson et al., 2005). [more]

Pyrrhocorax

Two species of chough () constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine or Yellow-billed Chough (P. graculus). Their closest relatives outside the genus appear to be the jackdaws of the genus Corvus. The White-winged Chough of Australia, despite its name, is a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related. [more]

Seleucidis

The Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleucus or Seleucidis melanoleuca, is a medium-sized, approximately 33 cm long, velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along its flanks. From the rear of these plumes emerge twelve blackish, wire-like filaments, which bend back near their bases to sweep forward over the birds hindquarters. The female is a brown bird with black-barred buffy underparts. Its feet are strong, large-clawed and pink in color. [more]

Strepera

Currawongs are medium-sized birds of the family Artamidae native to Australasia. There are either three or four species (depending on whether the Australian Magpie is counted as a currawong or not). The common name comes from the call of the familiar Pied Currawong of eastern Australia and is onomatopoeic. An older name was Crow-shrike, though this is not used currently. [more]

Temnurus

The Ratchet-tailed Treepie (Temnurus temnurus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [more]

More info about the Genus Temnurus may be found here.

Bibliography

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Footnotes

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  1. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=24567
  2. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=430

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:05:51