Biology:Slender-billed crow

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Short description: Species of bird

Slender-billed crow
Corvus enca celebensis.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Corvus
Species:
C. enca
Binomial name
Corvus enca
(Horsfield, 1822)

The slender-billed crow (Corvus enca) is a Passerine bird of the family Corvidae, in the genus Corvus. The violet crow has been found to be distinct genetically and separated as Corvus violaceus.[2] The small crow has been split as Corvus samarensis and the Palawan crow has also been split as Corvus pusillus.[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is found throughout Maritime Southeast Asia (Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines ) and Peninsular Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Corvus enca (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103727499A118785292. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103727499A118785292.en. Downloaded on 23 August 2021.
  2. Jønsson, Knud A.; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Irestedt, Martin (2012). "Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 72. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-72. PMID 22642364. 
  3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/. 


Wikidata ☰ Q73826 entry