Crows (Corvidae)
House Crow (Corvus splendens) - HBW 14, p. 618
French: Corbeau familier
German: Glanzkrähe
Spanish: Cuervo Indio
Other common names: Indian (House) Crow, Grey-necked/Colombo Crow
Taxonomy: Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817, Bengal, India.
Possibly close to, and perhaps an early offshot of, the "C. macrorhynchos complex", as suggested by head and bill shape; overlaps with members of that group, but somewhat ecologically separated. Races zugmayeri and protegatus intergrade with nominate in India. Birds from Maldive Is described as race maldevicus, but characters suggest ancestry of mixed races, and perhaps introduced on the islands long ago; considered best treated within protegatus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- zugmayeri Laubmann, 1913 - SE Iran and C & S Pakistan E to NW & NC India.
- splendens Vieillot, 1817 - most of peninsular India (excluding NW part and coastal Kerala) and Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
- protegatus Madarász, 1904 - SW India (S from N Kerala and W Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Laccadive Is and Maldive Is.
- insolens Hume, 1874 - extreme S China (S Xizang and S Yunnan) and Myanmar (including Tenasserim).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult calling. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India (ssp protegatus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 1 year ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Three birds on a edge of the lake, and one of them with special behaviour, like bringing water to other individuals. Locality Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 20 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 21 sec 4.4 -
crows drinking from irrigation drip Locality Sohar, Al Batinah, Oman
hythumm 2 February 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 15 sec 4 -
A group of birds drinking on the edge of the lake. Locality Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 20 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 29 sec 4 -
Two birds on the edge of the lake, drinking and one of them taking a dead fish and flying away. Locality Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 20 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 34 sec 4 -
Several birds perched in a treetop, looking around. Locality Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 20 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 4
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Note the greyer neck feathers on the Crows found in Arabia
Locality Al Sawadi, Al Batinah, Oman
John A Thompson 12 November 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
One of a small group that recently has set foot in the Netherlands
Locality Hook of Holland, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Gerard Visser 14 March 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
In flight
Locality Al Khor, Qatar
John A Thompson 20 March 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird on a wall...
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 22 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
A bird calling.
Locality Al Safa Park, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Fran Trabalon 2 January 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality Negombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 28 December 2010 1 year ago 4.1
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Several calls of a bird. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India
(ssp protegatus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Several calls of a bird. Locality Kuttippuram, Malappuram District, Kerala, India
(ssp protegatus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Different calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Typical calls Locality Kerala, India
Stuart Fisher 5 February 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Calls by an individual. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
(ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 5 weeks ago 3.7
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