Crows (Corvidae)

Little Raven (Corvus mellori) - HBW 14, p. 634

French: Petit Corbeau German: Gesellschaftskrähe Spanish: Cuervo de Mellor

Taxonomy: Corvus marianae mellori Mathews, 1912, Angas Plains South Australia.
Originally described as a race of C. coronoides (then known as C. marianae), although validity was not widely accepted; recognized as a distinct species in 1967. Proposed race halmaturinus (from Kangaroo I, off South Australia) considered indistinguishable from birds in rest of species' range. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Australia, including Kangaroo I (off South Australia) and King I (in Bass Strait).