Torresian Crow

SCI Name:  Corvus orru
Protonym:  Corvus orru Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.385
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code:  torcro2
Type Locality:  ? New Guinea, ex Müller MS, Lobo, Triton Bay.
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1850
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).

orru
Papuan name Korru for the Torresian Crow (Corvus).

SUBSPECIES

Torresian Crow (orru)
SCI Name: Corvus orru orru
orru
Papuan name Korru for the Torresian Crow (Corvus).

Torresian Crow (latirostris)
SCI Name: Corvus orru latirostris
latirostra / latirostre / latirostris
L. latus  broad; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Canard du nord” or “Marchand” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 995 (syn. Melanitta perspicillata).

Torresian Crow (cecilae)
SCI Name: Corvus orru cecilae
cecilae
● Marian Cecile Mathews née White (1865-1938) wife of Australian ornithologist Gregory M. Mathews (subsp. Corvus orru, syn. Geophaps smithii, syn. Platycercus eximius elecica).
● Cécile Estelle Atala Gautrau née Lesson (1819-1845) first daughter of French naturalist René Lesson (syn. Oreotrochilus estella).