Crows (Corvidae)

Grey Crow (Corvus tristis) - HBW 14, p. 622

French: Corneille grise German: Greisenkrähe Spanish: Cuervo Gris
Other common names: Bare-eyed/Bare-faced Crow

Taxonomy: Corvus tristis Lesson and Garnot, 1827, Dorey Harbour, New Guinea.
Probably closest to C. woodfordi, C. meeki and C. fuscicapillus, all apparently forming part of an "old endemic" Melanesian group. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Guinea, except lowlands of Trans-Fly; also West Papuan Is (Salawati, Batanta), Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago.