Corvids: Ravens, Crows & Magpies

RAVENS / CROWS / MAGPIES

white-necked raven (Corvus albicollis) – (eastern and southern Africa)

Rule Governance in an African White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis). Cory, E.F., 2012.

common raven (Corvus corax) – (northern hemisphere)

Food calling in wild ravens (Corvus corax) revisited: Who is addressed?. Sierro J, Loretto MC, Szipl G, Massen JJ, Bugnyar T.Ethology. 2020 Feb

Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) – (Australia)

Killing of a mobbing Crested Pigeon’Ocyphaps lophotes’ by an Australian Raven’Corvus coronoides’. Mo M. Australian Field Ornithology. 2017

thick-billed raven Corvus crassirostris – (Horn of Africa)

Modeling the distribution of four-bird species under climate change in Ethiopia. Banda LB, Tassie N.Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018

Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) – (southern United States and Mexico)

Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) reproductive success and nest spacing in the southern high plains of Texas. Burton JP, Mueller JM.The Southwestern Naturalist. 2006

little raven (Corvus mellori) – (southeastern Australia)

Observations of nectarivory in the Little Raven (Corvus mellori) and a review of nectarivory in other Corvus species. Fitzsimons JA.The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 2019 Jun;

fan-tailed raven (Corvus rhipidurus) – (eastern Africa and Arabian peninsula)

Tool Use by the Fan-Tailed Raven (Corvu srhipidurus). Andersson S.The Condor. 1989 Nov

brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) – (northern Africa, Arabian peninusla, Greater Middle East)

Set a thief to catch a thief: brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) cooperatively kleptoparasitize Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Yosef R, Kabesa S, Yosef N.Naturwissenschaften. 2011 May

forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus) – (Tasmania, southern Victoria and north-east NSW in Australia)

Supplementary data on breeding and diet of the northern forest raven Corvus tasmanicus boreus. Debus SJ, Rose AB.Australian Field Ornithology. 2006 Jun

CROWS

pied crow (Corvus albus) – (Central African coasts to southern Africa)

Interactions between Pied crows Corvus albus and breeding White-backed vultures Gyps africanus. Johnson TF, Murn C.Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 2019 May

little crow (Corvus bennetti) – (Australia)

The comparative ecology of Australian corvids. II. Social organization and behaviour. Rowley I.CSIRO Wildlife Research. 1973

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) – (United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico)

The role of song and vocal imitation among common crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). Brown ED.Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 1985 Jan

Cape crow or Cape rook (Corvus capensis) – (Eastern and southern Africa)

A STUDY OF THE BLACK CROW CORVUS CAPENSIS. Ibis, 94(3), pp.434-451. Skead, C.J., 1952.

northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) – (Olympic peninsula to southwest Alaska)

Genomic and morphological analysis of an American crow hybrid zone (Doctoral dissertation) Slager, D., 2020.

hooded crow (Corvus cornix) – (Northern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa)

Extra‐pair paternity as a strategy to reduce the costs of heterospecific reproduction? Insights from the crow hybrid zone. Knief U, Bossu CM, Wolf JB.Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2020 May

carrion crow (Corvus corone) – (Europe and eastern Asia)

Great spotted cuckoo nestlings have no antipredatory effect on magpie or carrion crow host nests in southern Spain. Soler M, de Neve L, Roldán M, Pérez-Contreras T, Soler JJ.PloS one. 2017 Apr

Somali crow or dwarf raven (Corvus edithae) –(eastern Africa)

Dwarf Ravens kill and eat a Spotted Thicknee. Biodiversity Observations, 10, pp.10-7. Wairasho, P.S., 2019.

slender-billed crow (Corvus enca) – (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia)

Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca on Banggai and Peleng, off Sulawesi. KUKILA, 14, pp.67-69. King, B., 2011.

Flores crow (Corvus florensis) – (Flores Island)

The birds of the islands of Flores- A review. Kukila, 10, pp.3-59. Verhoeye, J. and Holmes, D.A., 2011.

brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus) – (New Guinea)

New Records and Observations from the Aru Islands, Mew Guinea Region. Diamond JM, Bishop KD. Emu-Austral Ornithology. 1994 Mar

Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) (formerly C. tropicus) – (Hawaii)

Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow. Rutz C, Klump BC, Komarczyk L, Leighton R, Kramer J, Wischnewski S, Sugasawa S, Morrissey MB, James R, St Clair JJ, Switzer RA.Nature. 2016 Sep

Tamaulipas crow (Corvus imparatus) – (Gulf of Mexico coast)

IS THE TAMAULIPAS CROW (cOrVuS IMPArATuS) AN “AT RISK” SPECIES?. TEXAS ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 46, p.57. Eitniear, J., 2014.

Bismarck crow (Corvus insularis) – (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)

Bismarck Crow Corvus (orru) insularis warrants species status. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl, 131, pp.204-206. Dutson, G., Gregory, P. and Boles, W., 2011.

Jamaican crow (corvus jamaicensis) – (Jamaica)

Observations of Jamaican Crows (Corvus jamaicensis) mobbing Jamaican boas (Chilabothrus subflavus). Schaefer RR, Koenig SE, Graves GR, Rudolph DC.Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 2019 Sep

Mariana crow or aga (Corvus kubaryi) – (Guam, Rota)

Population genomics and structure of the critically endangered Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi). Cortes-Rodriguez N, Campana MG, Berry L, Faegre S, Derrickson SR, Ha RR, Dikow RB, Rutz C, Fleischer RC.Genes. 2019 Mar

white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus) – (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)

The ecology, behavior, and conservation of a West Indian corvid, the White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus). Wiley JW.Ornitología Neotropical. 2006 Jan

jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) – (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)

large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos) –

eastern jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii) – (India, Burma)

Indian jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus) –

Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki) – (Northern Solomon Islands)

New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) – (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)

Cuban crow( Corvus nasicus) – (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island)

Torresian crow or Australian crow (Corvus orru) – (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands)

fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) – (Southeastern U.S. coast)

palm crow (Corvus palmarum) – (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)

Sinaloa crow (Corvus sinaloae) – (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima)

house crow or Indian house crow (Corvus splendens) – (Indian subcontinent, Middle East, east Africa)

collared crow (Corvus torquatus) – (Eastern China, south into Vietnam)

grey crow or Bare-faced crow (Corvus tristis) – (New Guinea and neighboring islands)

piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Corvus typicus) – (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)

Banggai crow (Corvus unicolor) – (Banggai Island)

long-billed crow (Corvus validus) – (Northern Moluccas)

violet crow (Corvus violaceus)– (Seram) – recent split from slender-billed crow

white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus woodfordi) – (Southern Solomon Islands)

MAGPIES

Holarctic (black-and-white) magpies
Genus Pica

Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
Range – extends across temperate Eurasia from Spain and Ireland in the west across Asia to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Effect of urbanization intensity on nest-site selection by Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica). Xu Y, Cao Z, Wang B.Urban Ecosystems. 2020 Oct

Massive and effective acorn dispersal into agroforestry systems by an overlooked vector, the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica). Martínez‐Baroja L, Pérez‐Camacho L, Villar‐Salvador P, Rebollo S, Quiles P, Gómez‐Sánchez D, Molina‐Morales M, Leverkus AB, Castro J, Rey‐Benayas JM.Ecosphere. 2019 Dec;

Cache marking under field conditions does not affect nut recovery rate by the Eurasian magpie Pica pica, a scatter-hoarder corvid. Molina-Morales M, Albaladejo G, Castro J.Ardeola. 2019 Feb

Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Range – north America from coastal southern Alaska, central British Columbia, and the southern halves of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, through the Rocky Mountains down south to all the Rocky Mountain states including New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho.

“Pica pica in the New World seems restricted to the “cold type steppe dry climate” region characteristic of that portion of the United States north of approximately 35′ ^latitude, west of about 100° longitude, and east of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range. Within this area Pica pica is widely distributed, breeding at most elevations up to10,500ft.(Ligon,1961)”
Distribution and abundance of the Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) in North America. Bock CE, Lepthien LW.The Great Basin Naturalist. 1975 Sep

BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES (PICA HUDSONIA) CACHING FOOD IN SNOW. Hendricks P.Northwestern Naturalist. 2020 Jul

Declines of Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) and Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) in the north-central United States following the invasion of West Nile virus. Brenner SJ, Jorgensen JG.Western North American Naturalist. 2020 Jun

First observation of burnt vertebrate carrion scavenging by black-billed magpies (Pica hudsonia (Sabine)) highlights the need to evaluate all possible scavengers at a site. Stamper T, Pharr L, Anderson GS, Gondor C, Dedmon A, Kimsey R.Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 2020 May

Deep phylogeographic breaks in magpie Pica pica across the Holarctic: concordance with bioacoustics and phenotypes. Kryukov AP, Spiridonova LN, Mori S, Arkhipov VY, Red’kin YA, Goroshko OA, Lobkov EG, Haring E.Zoological science. 2017 Jun

concept learning in Black-billed magpies (Pica hudsonia). Magnotti JF, Wright AA, Leonard K, Katz JS, Kelly DM.Psychonomic bulletin & review. 2017 Apr

Yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli
Range – California

Abundance and distribution of the Yellow-billed Magpie. Western Birds, Crosbie, S.P., Souza, L.E. and Ernest, H.B., 2014.

Development of 10 microsatellite loci for Yellow‐billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies. Ernest HB, Well JA, Kurushima JD.Molecular ecology resources. 2008 Jan

Vegetative and thermal aspects of roost-site selection in urban Yellow-billed Magpies. Crosbie SP, Bell DA, Bolen GM.The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 2006 Dec

Extra-pair behavior in Yellow-billed Magpies (Pica nuttalli).Bolen, G.M., 2000.

Yellow-billed Magpie drowns its prey. Blackburn CF.The Condor. 1968 Jul https://www.youtube.com/embed/-pOoTrNFEII?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Asir magpie (Pica asirensis)
Range – southwestern Asir region highlands of Saudi Arabia.

Habitat modelling reveals extreme habitat fragmentation in the endangered and declining Asir Magpie, Pica asirensis, Saudi Arabia’s only endemic bird (Aves: Passeriformes). Boland CR, Burwell BO.Zoology in the Middle East. 2020 Oct

Maghreb magpie (Pica mauritanica)
Range – North Africa from Western Sahara east to Morocco and Tunisia.

Complete taxon sampling of the avian genus Pica (magpies) reveals ancient relictual populations and synchronous Late‐Pleistocene demographic expansion across the Northern Hemisphere. Song G, Zhang R, Alström P, Irestedt M, Cai T, Qu Y, Ericson PG, Fjeldså J, Lei F.Journal of Avian Biology. 2018 Feb

Korean magpie (Pica sericea)

Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl substance (PFASs) in Eurasian magpie (Pica pica sericea) in Korea (Doctoral dissertation, 한양대학교). 박기완, 2018

Urban and natural components of Korean magpie (Pica pica sericea) territories and their effects on prey density. Kim, S., Srygley, R.B., Lee, J.Y., Lee, S.I. and Choe, J.C., 2012.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza in magpies (Pica pica sericea) in South Korea. Kwon YK, Joh SJ, Kim MC, Lee YJ, Choi JG, Lee EK, Wee SH, Sung HW, Kwon JH, Kang MI, Kim JH.Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2005 Jul

The ecology of the Black-billed Magpie Pica pica sericea in Japan. Acta Ornithologica, Eguchi, K. and Takeishi, M., 1997. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/197340481/embed/640

Black-rumped magpie (Pica bottenensis) (may be conspecific with P. pica)

Oriental (blue and green) magpies
Genus Urocissa https://www.youtube.com/embed/srTV49O-igs?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent

Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea (Passeriformes: Corvidae). Hsieh HI, Hou HY, Chang RX, Cheng YN, Jang-Liaw NH.Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 2018 Jul

Blue Magpie TEAgriculture: Eco-tea Cultivation and Participatory Farming in Pinglin Satoyama, Taiwan. Chang SE.Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2013 Nov

Case report: Pyogranulomatous aspergillosis in an endemic Formosan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea). Chiu PH, Chan FT, Chen LJ, Shyu CL, Lin PT, Wang LM, Chen KC, Lin CC, Chang WF, Liao JW.臺灣獸醫學雜誌. 2010 Mar

Red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)

Key to the species of Morishitium Wienberg, 1928 (Cyclocoelidae), with the description of a new species from the red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha (Boddaert)(Corvidae) from Guizhou Province, People’s Republic of China. Dronen NO, Tkach VV.Zootaxa. 2014 Jul

Nest Site Selection of Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha). Chinese Journal of Wildlife, Xuewei, Y., Fuyun, W., Zhi, J., Shufang, H., Xinbo, H. and Zoo, H., 2014

Birds of the upper catchment of Ravi River, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Indian Birds, Singh, A.P., 2011.

Yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)