Violet crow
The violet crow (Corvus violaceus) is a species of the crow family, Corvidae, native to Seram, an island in Indonesia. It was long considered a subspecies of the slender-billed crow but has been shown to be divergent genetically.[2] Violet crows have a dark black head and slightly blue black body and have a slightly shorter bill than most other crow species.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Corvus |
| Species: | C. violaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850 | |
References
- BirdLife International. 2017. Corvus violaceus. (amended version published in 2016) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103727509A112292912. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103727509A112292912.en. Downloaded on 04 November 2017.
- Jønsson, Knud A.; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Irestedt, Martin (2012). "Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12: 72. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-72. PMC 3480872. PMID 22642364.
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