Eurasian Jackdaw
Eurasian Jackdaw
Here the details of the Eurasian Jackdaw named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Corvus Monedula Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.106
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Corvus
Taxonomy Code: eurjac
Type Locality: Europa; restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 15).
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).
monedula
L. monedula jackdaw < moneta coin, money; edulis food < edere to eat; in myth. Arne of Thrace was turned into a jackdaw after betraying her country to Minos of Crete for gold; "48. CORVUS. ... Monedula. 5. C. fusca, occipite incano, fronte alis caudaque nigris. Fn. svec. 72. Monedula s. Lupus. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 9. Will. ornith. 85. t. 19. Raj. av. 40. Alb. av. I. p. 14. t. 14. Frisch. av. t. 67. Habitat in Europæ agris; gregaria." (Linnaeus 1758) (Corvus).
Monedula
L. monedula jackdaw < moneta money, coin; edulis food < edere to eat (cf. specific name Corvus Monedula Linnaeus, 1758).
● (syn. Corvus Ϯ Eurasian Jackdaw C. monedula) "II. G. Dohle, Monedula Br. 1) Die Thurmdohle, M. turrium - 2) Die Baumdohle, M. arborea - 3) Die nordische Dohle, M. septentrionalis - " (C. Brehm 1828).
● (syn. Pyrrhocorax Ϯ Red-billed Chough P. pyrrhocorax) "XVIII. MONEDULA PYRRHOCORAX. Rostrum arcuatum ... Color. Rostrum & Pedes fulvi; reliquæ omnes partes intense atræ. Magnitudo Corvi Monedulæ. Linn. S. N." (Linnaeus in Hasselqvist 1762).
● (?syn. Terpsiphone ?Ϯ Indian Paradise Flycatcher T. paradisi) "Indiaanse Kaauw. Monedula. ... 11. INDIAANSE KAAUW, in 't Latyn Monedula. De Cuiriri Acamaku van SEBA. Thes. II. p. 93. T. 87. f. 2" (Moehring 1758). This is the Oiseau de Paradis, du Bresil, hupé, ou Cuiriri Acamaku of Seba 1735, and, given the name and provenance, could just as well be a Thamnophilus antbird (cf. Tupí name Suiriri for a tyrant flycatcher). Diderot 1778, considered Seba's location to be erroneous, and thought the bird came from Senegal and was sometimes found in Madagascar! It is probably best considered unidentifiable.
SUBSPECIES
Eurasian Jackdaw (monedula)
SCI Name: Corvus monedula monedula
monedula
L. monedula jackdaw < moneta coin, money; edulis food < edere to eat; in myth. Arne of Thrace was turned into a jackdaw after betraying her country to Minos of Crete for gold; "48. CORVUS. ... Monedula. 5. C. fusca, occipite incano, fronte alis caudaque nigris. Fn. svec. 72. Monedula s. Lupus. Aldr. orn. l. 12. c. 9. Will. ornith. 85. t. 19. Raj. av. 40. Alb. av. I. p. 14. t. 14. Frisch. av. t. 67. Habitat in Europæ agris; gregaria." (Linnaeus 1758) (Corvus).
Eurasian Jackdaw (spermologus)
SCI Name: Corvus monedula spermologus
spermologus
Gr. σπερμολογος spermologos picking up seeds < σπερμα sperma, σπερματος spermatos seed < σπειρω speirō to scatter; λεγω legō to gather.
Eurasian Jackdaw (soemmerringii)
SCI Name: Corvus monedula soemmerringii
soemerringi / soemmeringii / soemmerringi / soemmerringii
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755-1830) German anatomist, scientist (subsp. Corvus monedula, Syrmaticus).
Eurasian Jackdaw (cirtensis)
SCI Name: Corvus monedula cirtensis
cirtensis
L. Cirtensis of Cirta, Numidia (= Constantine, Algeria).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)