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List of Corvus species

List of Corvus species is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Corvus species rather than just read about it. In short: The following is a list of all currently recognized species within the passerine bird genus Corvus (the crows and ravens). Extant species The genus contains 47 species: Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Middle East, eastern Africa) Corvus moneduloides Lesson, RP, 1831 – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia) Corvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853) – piping…

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The following is a list of all currently recognized species within the passerine bird genus Corvus (the crows and ravens).

Extant species The genus contains 47 species:

Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Middle East, eastern Africa) Corvus moneduloides Lesson, RP, 1831 – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia) Corvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853) – piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi and Muna, Indonesia) Corvus unicolor (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1900) – Banggai crow (Banggai Island, Indonesia) Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821) – Sunda crow, formerly slender-billed crow (Malaysia, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia) Corvus celebensis Stresemann, 1936 – Sulawesi crow (Sulawesi and Sula Islands ) Corvus samarensis Steere, 1890 – Samar crow, formerly small crow (Samar and Mindanao, Philippines) Corvus sierramadrensis Rand & Rabor, 1961 – Sierra Madre crow (Luzon, Philippines) Corvus pusillus Tweeddale, 1878 – Palawan crow (Palawan, Philippines) Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850 – violet crow (Seram, Indonesia) Corvus florensis Büttikofer, 1894 – Flores crow (Flores, Indonesia) Corvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 – Mariana crow or aga (Guam and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands) Corvus validus Bonaparte, 1850 – long-billed crow (northern Moluccas, Indonesia) Corvus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1887) – white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (southern Solomon Islands) Corvus meeki Rothschild, 1904 – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Bougainville Island and Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands) Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR, 1859 – brown-headed crow (New Guinea) Corvus tristis Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827 – grey crow or bare-faced crow (New Guinea and nearby islands) Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 – Cape crow or Cape rook (east and southern Africa) Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 – rook (Eurasia, introduced to New Zealand) Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, CL, 1822 – American crow (the United States, southern Canada and northern Mexico) Corvus imparatus Peters, JL, 1929 – Tamaulipas crow (Gulf of Mexico coast of Texas and northeastern Mexico) Corvus sinaloae Davis, LI, 1958 –– Sinaloa crow (Pacific Coast of Mexico) Corvus ossifragus Wilson, A, 1812 – fish crow (eastern United States coast) Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 – Hispaniolan palm crow (Hispaniola) (formerly conspecific with Cuban palm crow) Corvus minutus Gundlach, 1852 – Cuban palm crow (Cuba) (formerly conspecific with the Hispaniolan palm crow) Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1788 – Jamaican crow (Jamaica) Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 – Cuban crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Turks and Caicos Islands) Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 – white-necked crow (Hispaniola) Corvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1849 (formerly C. tropicus) – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii) Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 – carrion crow (Eurasia) Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 – hooded crow (northern and eastern Europe and northern Africa) Corvus torquatus Lesson, RP, 1831 – collared crow (eastern China south into Vietnam) Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – large-billed crow (Himalayas, East Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands, and the Philippines) Corvus philippinus Bonaparte, 1853 – Philippine jungle crow (Philippines) Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 – Torresian crow or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands) Corvus insularis Heinroth, 1903 – Bismarck crow (Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea) Corvus bennetti North, 1901 – little crow (Australia) Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 – forest raven or Tasmanian raven (Tasmania and adjacent southern coast of Australia) Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 – little raven (southeastern Australia) Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Australian raven (eastern and southern Australia) Corvus albus Müller, PLS, 1776 – pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa) Corvus ruficollis Lesson, RP, 1831 – brown-necked raven (north Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan) Corvus edithae Lort Phillips, 1895 – Somali crow (eastern Africa) Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 – common raven or northern raven (the Holarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere) Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 – Chihuahuan raven (southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico) Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, EJO, 1918 – fan-tailed raven (eastern Africa, Middle East) Corvus albicollis Latham, 1790 – white-necked raven or Cape raven (southern, central, and eastern Africa) Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836 – thick-billed raven (Ethiopia)

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The following is a list of all currently recognized species within the passerine bird genus Corvus (the crows and ravens). Extant species The genus contains 47 species: Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Middle East, eastern Afric…

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