Crow

A crow is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly a synonym for all of Corvus. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of species including: 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 culminatus – Indian jungle crow Corvus edithae – Somali crow or dwarf raven (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 (Bismarck 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 levaillantii – eastern jungle crow (India, Burma) Corvus macrorhynchos – large-billed 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 sinaloae – Sinaloa 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 == Raven Rook Jackdaw == Further reading == Franklin Coombs (1978). The Crows: A Study of the Corvids of Europe. Batsford. ISBN 9780713413274.