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 3 years ago 19 sec 4.6 -
A few birds on the ground. The population in Holland comes from a group of ship assist birds who first bred in 1998, now there a Locality Hook of Holland, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 51 sec 4.4 -
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 1 year ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird feeding seeds in a tree. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 39 sec 4.2 -
An individual eating seeds in a tree. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4.1 -
crows drinking from irrigation drip Locality Sohar, Al Batinah Governorate, Oman
hythumm 2 February 2012 1 year ago 15 sec 4
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Note the greyer neck feathers on the Crows found in Arabia
Locality Al Sawadi, Al Batinah Governorate, Oman
John A Thompson 12 November 2010 2 years ago 4.7 -
feeding on insect which was wrapped in leaf
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Jaysukh Parekh Suman 14 October 2012 30 weeks ago 4.6 -
Adult, very rare breeding population!
Locality Hook of Holland, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 13 February 2007 29 weeks ago 4.4 -
In flight
Locality Al Khor, Qatar
John A Thompson 20 March 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
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 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird chasing an Indian flying-fox.
Locality Tamil Nadu, India (ssp splendens)
Hanne and Jens Eriksen 40 weeks ago 4.3
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Various calls by a individual which is perched then flying
Locality Dubai City, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
(ssp zugmayeri)
Joe Angseesing 5 April 2010 16 weeks ago 5 -
Several calls of a bird. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India
(ssp protegatus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Several calls of a bird. Locality Kuttippuram, Malappuram District, Kerala, India
(ssp protegatus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Different calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2005 3 years ago 4 -
Typical calls Locality Kerala, India
Stuart Fisher 5 February 2006 3 years ago 4 -
Calls by an individual. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
(ssp zugmayeri)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 1 year ago 3.7
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