CROW SPECIES
pied crow (Corvus albus). little crow (Corvus bennetti), American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Cape crow or Cape rook (Corvus capensis), northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) hooded crow (Corvus cornix), carrion crow (Corvus corone) Somali crow or dwarf raven (Corvus edithae), slender-billed crow (Corvus enca), Flores crow (Corvus florensis), brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus), Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) (formerly C. tropicus), Tamaulipas crow (Corvus imparatus), Bismarck crow (Corvus insularis), Jamaican crow (corvus jamaicensis), Mariana crow or aga (Corvus kubaryi) white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus), jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos), large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos), eastern jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii), Indian jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus), Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki), New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides), Cuban crow( Corvus nasicus), Torresian crow or Australian crow (Corvus orru), fish crow (Corvus ossifragus), palm crow (Corvus palmarum), Sinaloa crow (Corvus sinaloae), house crow (Corvus splendens), collared crow (Corvus torquatus), grey crow or Bare-faced crow (Corvus tristis), piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Corvus typicus), Banggai crow (Corvus unicolor), long-billed crow (Corvus validus), violet crow (Corvus violaceus), white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus woodfordi)
pied crow
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
little crow (Corvus bennetti) – (Australia)
The comparative ecology of Australian corvids. II. Social organization and behaviour. Rowley I.CSIRO Wildlife Research. 1973
American crow
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) – (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)
Sequence and phylogeny of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Himalayan jungle crow (Corvidae: Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius) from Pakistan. Iqbal F, Ayub Q, Song BK, Wilson R, Fahim M, Rahman S.Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 2020 Jan
large-billed crow
large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos)
Large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) have retrospective but not prospective metamemory. Goto K, Watanabe S.Animal Cognition. 2012 Jan
eastern jungle crow
eastern jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii) – (India, Burma)
Calls of the Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos sl) as a taxonomic character. Martens J, Böhner J, Hammerschmidt K.Journal für Ornithologie. 2000 Jul
Indian jungle crow
Indian jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus) –
The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Volume 1. London: Taylor and Francis. Oates, EW 1889
Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow
Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki) – (Northern Solomon Islands)
Birds observed at Torokina, Bougainville Island. RM.AustralEmu-Virtue Ornithology. 1947 Apr
New Caledonian crow
New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) – (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
Cuban crow
Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus) – (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island)
Torresian crow or Australian crow
Torresian crow or Australian crow (Corvus orru) – (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands)
fish crow
fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) – (Southeastern U.S. coast)
palm crow
palm crow (Corvus palmarum) – (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
Nueva localidad para el Cao Ronco (Corvus palmarum minutus; Aves: Corvidae) en Cuba Central. Morera MC.Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 2017 Dec
Sinaloa crow
Sinaloa crow (Corvus sinaloae) – (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima)
BirdLife International (2012). “Corvus sinaloae”. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. November 2013
house crow or Indian house crow
house crow or Indian house crow (Corvus splendens) – (Indian subcontinent, Middle East, east Africa)
Breeding biology and nest tree use preference by house crow (Corvus splendens) in agricultural areas of Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Kaur M, Khera KS. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2020
collared crow
collared crow (Corvus torquatus) – (Eastern China, south into Vietnam)
A review of the distribution and population of the Collared Crow Corvus torquatus. Leader PJ, Stanton DJ, Lewthwaite RW, Martinez J.FORKTAIL. 2016 Jan
grey crow or Bare-faced crow
grey crow or Bare-faced crow (Corvus tristis) – (New Guinea and neighboring islands)
BirdLife International (2012). “Corvus tristis”. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. November 2013
piping crow or Celebes pied crow
piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Corvus typicus) – (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)
Birds of the Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, South-East Sulawesi. Wardill JC, Fox PS, Hoare DJ, Marthy W, Anggraini K.Kukila.2011 Aug
Banggai crow
Banggai crow (Corvus unicolor) – (Banggai Island)
Banggai Crow. In: Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book: 2415–2416 Collar, Nigel J.; Andreev, A. V.; Chan, S.; Crosby, M. J.; Subramanya, S. & Tobias, J. A. (eds.) 2001
long-billed crow
long-billed crow (Corvus validus) – (Northern Moluccas)
The evolution of vocalisations in the genus Corvus: effects of phylogeny, morphology and habitat. Laiolo P, Rolando A.Evolutionary Ecology. 2003 Mar
violet crow
violet crow (Corvus violaceus)– (Seram) – recent split from slender-billed crow
A price list of birds collected by Alfred Russel Wallace inserted in The Ibis of 1863. Rookmaaker K, van Wyhe J.Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 2018 Dec
white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow
white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Corvus woodfordi) – (Southern Solomon Islands)
Reproductive condition, moult, and body mass of birds from Isabel, Solomon Islands. Kratter AW, Steadman DW, Smith CE, Filardi CE.BULLETIN-BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB. 2001