Crows (Corvidae)
Long-billed Crow (Corvus validus) - HBW 14, p. 621
French: Corneille des Moluques
German: Molukkenkrähe
Spanish: Cuervo Moluqueño
Other common names: Moluccan Crow
Taxonomy: Corvus validus Bonaparte, 1850, Halmahera.
Affinities uncertain; has been considered to be part of the "C. enca complex", but its pale eyes suggest an affinity with Australian group of crows. Monotypic.
Distribution: Morotai, Halmahera, Kayoa, Kasiruta, Bacan and Obi, in N Moluccas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening and calling from a bare tree. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 49 weeks ago 15 sec 2.5 -
Displaying bird Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
mark sutton 28 July 1997 2 years ago 26 sec 2
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One of a pair in roadside scrub, about 12km east of Sidangoli.
Locality Sidangoli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 16 October 2011 23 weeks ago 3.3
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Bird calling while flying above Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
Desmond Allen 5 September 1995 2 years ago 2
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