cassican

English

Psarocolius decumanus. Trinidad.

Etymology

From Latin cassis (“helmet”).

Noun

cassican (plural cassicans)

An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
The piping crows
1. Corvus typicus of Indonesia and Australia.
2. Cracticus tibicen (syn. Gymnorhina tibicen), Australian magpie.

Synonyms

(Psarocolius decumanus): crested oropendola, cornbird
(Cracticus tibicen): piping crow-shrike

French

Noun

cassican m (plural cassicans)

butcherbird (in the genus Cracticus)

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