Rook

SCI Name:  Corvus frugilegus
Protonym:  Corvus frugilegus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.105
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code:  rook1
Type Locality:  Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 13).
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CORVUS
(Corvidae; Ϯ Common Raven C. corax) L. corvus  raven. In fable the Raven was originally white but, despite its supposed gift of prophecy, was turned into a black bird for its treachery. The Common or Northern Raven is the largest species of passerine bird; "48. CORVUS.  Rostrum convexum, cultratum, basi pennis setaceis tectum.  Lingua cartilaginea bifida." (Linnaeus 1758); "Corvus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 105. Type, by tautonymy, "Corvus", i.e. Corvus corax Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 261).  This is the ninth diagnosed genus in avian taxonomy.  Linnaeus's Corvus comprised twelve species (C. Corax, C. Corone, C. frugilegus, C. Cornix, C. Monedula, C. benghalensis, C. glandarius, C. cristatus, C. Caryocatactes, C. Pica, C. paradisi, C. infaustus).     
Var. Cervus, Coruus.   
Synon. Amblycorax, Anomalocorax, Archicorax, Coloeus, Corax, Corone, Corvultur, Frugilegus, Gymnocorax, Gymnocorvus, Heterocorax, Macrocorax, Microcorax, Monedula, Nesocorax, Palaeocorax, Physocorax, Pterocorax, Rhinocorax, Sitocorax, Trypanocorax.

corvus
L. corvus raven.
● From a local name Caa Maa crow gull, for the Black-legged Kittiwake in the Shetlands (syn. Rissa tridactyla).

frugilegus
L. frugilegus  crop-picking, fruit-picking  < frux, frugis fruit; legere  to pick.
● "48. CORVUS.  ...  frugilegus.  3. C. ater, fronte cinerascente. Fn. svec. 70.  Cornix frugilega. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 3. Will. ornith. 84. t. 18. Raj. av. 39. Alb. av. 2. p. 21. t. 22. Frisch. av. t. 64.  Habitat in Europa, agris insesta, gregaria." (Linnaeus 1758) (cf. Med. L. frugella or frigella  rook) (Corvus).
● According to von Tschudi 1844, Frutero fruiterer, was a local name for the Green-mantled Tanager, because it frequented the fruit gardens of Lima, Peru (syn. Pipraeidea darwinii).

Frugilegus
(Corvidae; syn. Corvus † Rook C. frugilegus) Specific name Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758; "CRAVE ENCA, fregilus enca  ...  M. Temminck a confondu ici, non frigilus, qui est une faute typographique, mais fregilus, qui est un crave, avec frugilegus, nom trivial du corbeau freux" (Lesson 1828); "GENRE CORBEAU, Corvus L.   ...   ***Frugilegus Lesson. (3e race).   49. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS L. — CORBEAU FREUX.   En wallon Couarbá." (de Selys-Longchamps 1842); "Frugilegus de Selys-Longchamps, 1842, Faune Belge, I, p. 68.  Type, by tautonymy and monotypy, Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).

SUBSPECIES

Rook (frugilegus)
SCI Name: Corvus frugilegus frugilegus
frugilegus
L. frugilegus  crop-picking, fruit-picking  < frux, frugis fruit; legere  to pick.
● "48. CORVUS.  ...  frugilegus.  3. C. ater, fronte cinerascente. Fn. svec. 70.  Cornix frugilega. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 3. Will. ornith. 84. t. 18. Raj. av. 39. Alb. av. 2. p. 21. t. 22. Frisch. av. t. 64.  Habitat in Europa, agris insesta, gregaria." (Linnaeus 1758) (cf. Med. L. frugella or frigella  rook) (Corvus).
● According to von Tschudi 1844, Frutero fruiterer, was a local name for the Green-mantled Tanager, because it frequented the fruit gardens of Lima, Peru (syn. Pipraeidea darwinii).

Rook (pastinator)
SCI Name: Corvus frugilegus pastinator
pastinator
L. pastinator, pastinatoris  trench digger  < pastinare  to dig  < pastinum  garden-fork.