List of Corvus species
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The following is a list of species and subspecies within the genus Corvus (the "crows").
- Corvus alberculos - White-necked Raven or Cape Raven (Southern, central and eastern Africa)
- 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 Black Crow or Cape Rook (Eastern and southern Africa)
- Corvus caurinus - Northwestern Crow (Olympic peninsula to southwest Alaska)
- Corvus corax - Common Raven or Northern Raven (The Holarctic south throughout middle Europe, Asia, and North America to Nicaragua)
- Corvus (corax) sinuatus - Western Raven (Holarctic; Arctic, North America, Eurasia, northern Africa, Pacific islands and British Isles)
- Corvus (corax) varius morpha leucophaeus - Pied Raven an extinct color variant (Holarctic)
- Corvus corone - Carrion Crow or Eurasian Crow (Western Europe from British Isles to Germany, eastern Asia)
- Corvus (corone) capellanus - Mesopotamian Crow or Iraq Pied Crow (Southern Iraq to extreme southwest Iran)
- Corvus (corone) cornix - Hooded Crow (Northern and eastern Europe (North Western Scotland and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom as the Carrion Crow is more common on most of the British mainland); Syria, Iran, Iraq)
- Corvus (corone) orientalis - Eastern Carrion Crow (Eurasia and northern Africa)
- Corvus coronoides - Australian Raven (Eastern and southern Australia)
- Corvus crassirostris - Thick-billed Raven (Ethiopia)
- Corvus cryptoleucus - Chihuahuan Raven (Southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico)
- Corvus dauuricus - Daurian Jackdaw (Eastern Europe to eastern Japan, occasionally Scandinavia)
- Corvus enca - Slender-billed Crow (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia)
- Corvus (enca) violaceus - Violaceous Crow (Philippines, Ceram, Moluccas)
- Corvus florensis - Flores Crow (Flores Island)
- Corvus frugilegus - Rook (Europe, Asia, New Zealand)
- Corvus fuscicapillus - Brown-headed Crow (New Guinea)
- Corvus hawaiiensis (formerly C. tropicus) - ʻAlalā or Hawaiian Crow (Island of Hawaii)
- Corvus imparatus - Tamaulipas Crow (Gulf of Mexico coast from Nuevo León east to Rio Grande delta, south to Tampico, Tamaulipas)
- 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 - Large-billed Crow (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)
- Corvus (macrorhynchos) levaillantii - Jungle Crow (India, Burma)
- Corvus meeki - Bougainville Crow or Soloman Islands Crow (Northern Soloman Islands)[1]
- Corvus mellori - Little Raven (Southeastern Australia)
- Corvus monedula - Jackdaw or Western Jackdaw (British Isles and western Europe, Scandinavia, northern Asia, Northern Africa)
- 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 (Eastern U.S. coast, southeastern U.S. through Florida, west along major rivers to Oklahoma and Texas)
- Corvus palmarum - Palm Crow (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
- Corvus rhipidurus - Fan-tailed Raven (Northeast Africa, Middle East)
- Corvus ruficollis - Brown-necked Raven or Desert Raven (Northern Africa, Arabia, southeast to eastern Asia)
- 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 tasmanicus - Forest Raven or Tasmanian Raven (Tasmania and adjacent south coast of Australia)
- Corvus (tasmanicus) boreus - Relict Raven (Northeastern New South Wales)
- 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) - possibly extinct
- Corvus validus - Long-billed Crow (Northern Moluccas)
- Corvus woodfordi - White-billed Crow or Soloman Islands Crow (Southern Soloman Islands)[1]
List sources[2]
Prehistoric and fossilized species
- New Ireland Crow, Corvus sp. (prehistoric)
- Chatham Islands Raven, C. moriorum (prehistoric)
- New Zealand Raven, C. antipodum (prehistoric)
- High-billed Crow, C. impluviatus (prehistoric)
- Robust Crow, C. viriosus (prehistoric)
- Corvus larteti (fossil: Late Miocene of France, or C Europe?)
- Corvus pliocaenus (fossil: Late Pliocene –? Early Pleistocene of SW Europe)
- Corvus antecorax (fossil: Late Pliocene/Early – Late Pleistocene of Europe; may be subspecies of Corvus corax)
- Corvus betfianus (fossil)
- Corvus praecorax (fossil)
- Corvus simionescui (fossil)
- Corvus fossilis (fossil)
- Corvus moravicus (fossil)
- Corvus hungaricus (fossil)
- Puerto Rican Crow C. or "chango" "mozambique" pumilis (prehistoric; possibly a subspecies of C. nasicus/palmarum)
- Corvus galushai (fossil: Big Sandy Late Miocene of Wickieup, USA)
- Corvus neomexicanus (fossil: Late Pleistocene of Dry Cave, USA)
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- ^ a b Note: Both the Bougainville Crow and the White-billed Crow share the same alternate name "Soloman Islands Crow". They both live on the Soloman Islands; the Bougainville Crow in the north, and the White-billed Crow in the south.
- ^ John M. Marzluff; Tony Angell (2005). In the Company of Crows and Ravens. Yale University Press. pp. 72–79. ISBN 0-300-10076-0.
