Biology:High-billed crow
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| High-billed crow Temporal range: Holocene
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| These fossils represent one or two of the slender-billed crow (Corvus viriosus) and the deep-billed crow (C. impluviatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Corvus |
| Species: | †C. impluviatus
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| †Corvus impluviatus Olson & James, 1991
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The high-billed crow or deep-billed crow (Corvus impluviatus) is an extinct species of large, raven-sized crow that was endemic to the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It was pushed to extinction after the arrival of humans, who brought with them pests like rats.
References
- Olson, Storrs L.; James, Helen F. (1991). "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II". Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1–88.
- Milberg, Per; Tyrberg, Tommy (1993). "Naïve birds and noble savages. A review of man-caused prehistoric extinctions of island birds". Ecography 16 (3): 229–250. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1993.tb00213.x. Bibcode: 1993Ecogr..16..229M.
- TenBruggencate, Jan (2007-08-07). "Oahu sinkholes yield extinct birds". The Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Aug/07/ln/hawaii708070352.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q1135751 entry
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