Australian mudnester

Australian mudnesters
White-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Corvoidea
Family: Corcoracidae
Mathews 1927
Species
Synonyms

Struthideidae Mathews 1924

Corcoracidae is a family of passerine birds known as the Australian mudnesters. The family has sometimes been called Struthideidae in the past; however, despite Struthideidae being an older name than Corcoracidae, the latter name takes precedence.[1] It contains just two species in two genera, the white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) and the apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea). Both are endemic to Australia.[2]

  1. ^ "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. 2016. doi:10.21805/bzn.v73i1.a5. ISSN 0007-5167. S2CID 135410160.
  2. ^ Rowley, Ian; Russell, Eleanor (2009). "Family Struthideidae (Australian mudnesters)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 272–285. ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7.