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Corvus corax subsp. clarionensis Rothschild and Hartert

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) American Museum of Natural History

Description

Corvus corax clarionensis Rothschild and Hartert

Corvus corax clarionensis Rothschild and Hartert, 1902: 381 (Clarion Island, Revilla Gigedos group).

Now Corvus corax clarionensis Rothschild and Hartert, 1902. See Hartert, 1919: 126; Hellmayr, 1934: 2; AOU, 1957: 378; Rea, 1986: 214; Dickinson, 2003: 514; and dos Anjos, 2009: 638–639.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 501443, male, collected on Isla Clarión, 18.21N, 114.44W (Seltzer, 1962: 1572), Islas Revilla Gigedo, Mexico, on 11 December 1900, by Rollo H. Beck (no. 103). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Beck’s number ‘‘103’’ was given for the holotype in the original description; he collected the single specimen.

Notes

Published as part of Lecroy, Mary, 2014, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 12. Passeriformes: Ploceidae, Sturnidae, Buphagidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Corcoracidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Cnemophilidae, Paradisaeidae, And Corvidae, pp. 1-165 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (393) on page 133, DOI: 10.1206/885.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4629954

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rothschild and Hartert
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Corvus
Species
clarionensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Rothschild, W., and E. Hartert. 1902. Further notes on the fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Notes on the birds. Novitates Zoologicae 9: 381 - 418.
  • Hartert, E. 1919. Types of birds in the Tring Museum. B. Types in the general collection. Novitates Zoologicae 26: 123 - 178.
  • Hellmayr, C. E. 1934. Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands. Part VII. Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 330, Zoological Series, 13: 531.
  • Rea, A. 1986. Appendix c. Measurements of N. American Corvus corax. In A. R. Phillips. The known birds of North and Middle America. Part I. Hirundinidae to Mimidae; Certhidae: 214. Denver: Privately published, lxi + 259 pp.
  • Dickinson, E. C. 2003. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world, 3 rd ed. London: Christopher Helm, 1039 pp.
  • dos Anjos, L. 2009. Family Corvidae (crows). Species accounts. In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D. A. Christie (editors). Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 14, Bush-shrikes to Old World sparrows: 566 - 640. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 893 pp. 51 pls., photographs.
  • Seltzer, L. E., Editor. 1962. The Columbia Lippincott gazetteer of the world. New York: Columbia University Press, 2148 pp. + 22 p. suppl.