Corcoracidae

Struthidea cinerea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Classis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Parvordo: Corvida Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Corcoracidae
Genera: Corcorax – Struthidea

Name

• Corcoracidae Matthews, 1927: 413 [name conserved Opinion 2380 (2016)]

Type genus: Corcorax Lesson, 1831

Synonyms

• Struthideidae Mathews, 1924: 218

Type genus Struthidea Gould, 1837

References

Primary references

• Mathews, G.M. 1924. The birds of Australia. Supplement No. 3. Checklist of the birds of Australia, pt 3. Order Passeriformes (concluding part). viii, 157–244 pp. H.F. & G. Witherby, London.
• Mathews, G.M. 1927. The birds of Australia, vol. 12, pt. 10. xii, 405–454 pp., pls. 596–600. H.F. & G. Witherby, London.
• Schodde, R., Boles, W., Christidis, L., Horton, P., Johnstone, R., Joseph, L. & Longmore, W. 2013. Case 3630. CORCORACIDAE Mathews, 1927 (Aves) and the spelling melanorhamphos Vieillot, 1817 for the valid name of the type species of its type genus: proposed conservation of usage. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(4): 238–244. doi: 10.21805/bzn.v70i4.a8 Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2016. Opinion 2380 (Case 3630) Corcoracidae Mathews, 1927 (Aves) and Coracia melanorhamphos Vieillot, 1817 (currently Corcorax melanorhamphos): names conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73(1): 74–76. doi: 10.21805/bzn.v73i1.a5 Reference page. 

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