Crow

A crow is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly a synonym for all of Corvus. Crows are generally black in colour. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of species including

  • Corvus albus – pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa)
  • Corvus bennetti – little crow (Australia)
  • Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican crow (United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico)
  • Corvus capensis – Cape crow or Cape rook (Eastern and southern Africa)
  • Corvus cornixhooded crow (Northern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa and Middle East)
  • Corvus corone – carrion crow (Europe and eastern Asia)
  • Corvus culminatus – Indian jungle crow (South Asia)
  • Corvus edithae – Somali crow or dwarf raven (eastern Africa)
  • Corvus enca – slender-billed crow (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia)
  • Corvus florensis – Flores crow (Flores Island)
  • Corvus fuscicapillus – brown-headed crow (New Guinea)
  • Corvus hawaiiensis (formerly C. tropicus) – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii)
  • Corvus imparatus – Tamaulipas crow (Gulf of Mexico coast)
  • Corvus insularis – Bismarck crow (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
  • Corvus jamaicensis – Jamaican crow (Jamaica)
  • Corvus kubaryi – Mariana crow or aga (Guam, Rota)
  • Corvus leucognaphalus – white-necked crow (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
  • Corvus levaillantii – eastern jungle crow (India, Burma)
  • Corvus macrorhynchos – large-billed crow
  • Corvus meeki – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Papua New Guinea, Northern Solomon Islands)
  • Corvus moneduloides – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
  • Corvus nasicus – Cuban crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island)
  • Corvus orru – Torresian crow or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands)
  • Corvus ossifragus – fish crow (Southeastern U.S. coast)
  • Corvus palmarum – palm crow (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
  • Corvus sinaloae – Sinaloa crow (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima)
  • Corvus splendens – house crow or Indian house crow (South Asia, Middle East, east Africa)
  • Corvus torquatus – collared crow (Eastern China, south into Vietnam)
  • Corvus tristis – grey crow or Bare-faced crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands)
  • Corvus typicus – piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)
  • Corvus unicolor – Banggai crow (Banggai Island)
  • Corvus validus – long-billed crow (Northern Moluccas)
  • Corvus violaceus – violet crow (Seram) – recent split from slender-billed crow
  • Corvus woodfordi – white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Solomon Islands)
A carrion crow scavenging on a beach in Dorset, England.

See also

Further reading

  • Franklin Coombs (1978). The Crows: A Study of the Corvids of Europe. Batsford. ISBN 9780713413274.
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