Crow
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This article is about bird species with the word "crow" in their common name. For the genus containing crows, see Corvus. For the family containing crows, see Corvidae. For Other uses, see Crow (disambiguation).
A carrion crow scavenging on a beach in Dorset, England.
A crow is a bird of the genus Corvus. The term "crow" is used both as part of the common name of many species, and collectively for all of Corvus.
Species with the word "crow" in their common name include:
- Corvus albus – pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa)
- Corvus bennetti – little crow (Australia)
- Corvus brachyrhynchos – American crow (United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico)
- Corvus capensis – Cape crow or Cape rook (Eastern and southern Africa)
- Corvus caurinus – northwestern crow (Olympic peninsula to southwest Alaska)
- Corvus cornix – hooded crow (Northern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa)
- Corvus corone – carrion crow (Europe and eastern Asia)
- Corvus edithae – Somali crow (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 (Bismark 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 macrorhynchos – jungle crow (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)
- Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos – large-billed crow
- Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii – eastern jungle crow (India, Burma)
- Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus – Indian jungle crow
- Corvus meeki – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (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 ruficolis edithae – Somali crow or dwarf raven (Northeast Africa)
- Corvus sinaloae –– Sinaloan crow (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima
- Corvus splendens – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, 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 (Southern Solomon Islands)
See also[edit]
- Raven – Corvus species with the word "raven" in their common names
- Rook
- Jackdaw
- Eating crow
- Scarecrow
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