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Corvus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179724

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Crows [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyCorvidae Leach, 1820 – crows, jays, magpies, corneilles, geais, pies  
                               GenusCorvus Linnaeus, 1758 – Crows  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Corvus albicollis Latham, 1790 – White-necked Raven, Corbeau à nuque blanche, corvo-de-nuca-branca, Cuervo cuelliblanco 
                                  Species Corvus albus P. L. S. Müller, 1776 – Pied Crow, Corbeau pie, gralha-seminarista, Cuervo pío 
                                  Species Corvus bennetti North, 1901 – Little Crow, Corbeau du désert, gralha-pequena, gralha-de-bennett, Cuervo de Bennett 
                                  Species Corvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1822 – Corneille d'Amérique, gralha-americana, Cuervo americano, American Crow 
                                  Species Corvus capensis M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823 – Cape Crow, Corneille du Cap, gralha-do-cabo, Cuervo de El Cabo 
                                  Species Corvus celebensis Stresemann, 1936 – Sulawesi Crow, Corneille de Rurukan, gralha-da-celebes 
                                  Species Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 – Grand Corbeau, corvo-comum, Cuervo grande, Northern Raven 
                                  Species Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 – Hooded Crow, Corneille mantelée, gralha-de-capuz, gralha-cinzenta, Corneja Cenicienta 
                                  Species Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 – Carrion Crow, Corneille noire, gralha-preta, Corneja negra 
                                  Species Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Australian Raven, Corbeau d'Australie, corvo-australiano, Cuervo australiano 
                                  Species Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836 – Thick-billed Raven, Corbeau corbivau, corvo-de-bico-grosso, Cuervo picogordo 
                                  Species Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 – Corbeau à cou blanc, corvo-da-planície, Cuervo llanero, Chihuahuan Raven 
                                  Species Corvus culminatus Sykes, 1832 – Indian Jungle Crow, Corbeau indien, gralha-selvática-indiana, corvo-indiano 
                                  Species Corvus edithae Lort Phillips, 1895 – Somali Crow, Corbeau d'Edith, gralha-etíope, corvo-somali, Cuervo etíope 
                                  Species Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821) – Sunda Crow, Corneille à bec fin, gralha-da-sunda, gralha-de-bico-fino, Cuervo picofino 
                                  Species Corvus florensis Büttikofer, 1894 – Flores Crow, Corneille de Florès, gralha-de-flores, gralha-das-flores, Cuervo de Flores 
                                  Species Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 – Corbeau freux, gralha-calva, Graja, Rook 
                                  Species Corvus fuscicapillus G. R. Gray, 1859 – Brown-headed Crow, Corneille à tête brune, gralha-de-cabeça-castanha, Cuervo cabecipardo 
                                  Species Corvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1849 – Corneille d'Hawaï, gralha-de-havai, gralha-havaiana, Cuervo hawaiano, 'Alala, Hawaiian Crow 
                                  Species Corvus imparatus J. L. Peters, 1929 – Corneille du Mexique, gralha-de-tamaulipas, Cuervo tamaulipeco, Tamaulipas Crow 
                                  Species Corvus insularis Heinroth, 1903 – Bismarck Crow, Corneille des Bismarck, gralha-das-bismarck, Cuervo de las Bismarck 
                                  Species Corvus jamaicensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788 – Jamaican Crow, Corneille de Jamaïque, gralha-da-jamaica, gralha-jamaicana, Cuervo jamaicano 
                                  Species Corvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 – Corneille de Guam, gralha-de-rota, gralha-das-marianas, Cuervo de las Marianas, Marianas Crow, Mariana Crow 
                                  Species Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 – Corneille d'Hispaniola, gralha-haitiana, gralha-dominicana, Cuervo de La Española, White-necked Crow 
                                  Species Corvus levaillantii R. P. Lesson, 1831 – Eastern Jungle Crow, Corbeau de Levaillant, gralha-selvática-oriental, corvo-de-levaillant 
                                  Species Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – Large-billed Crow, Corbeau à gros bec, gralha-de-bico-grosso, corvo-bicudo, Cuervo picudo 
                                  Species Corvus meeki Rothschild, 1904 – Bougainville Crow, Corneille de Meek, gralha-da-bougainville, gralha-de-bougainville, Cuervo de Bougainville 
                                  Species Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 – Little Raven, Petit Corbeau, corvo-pequeno, Cuervo de Mellor 
                                  Species Corvus minutus Gundlach, 1852 – Cuban Palm Crow, Corneille minute, gralha-florestal-cubana, gralha-das-palmeiras-cubana 
                                  Species Corvus moneduloides R. P. Lesson, 1831 – New Caledonian Crow, Corbeau calédonien, gralha-da-nova-caledónia, Cuervo de Nueva Caledonia 
                                  Species Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 – Cuban Crow, Corneille de Cuba, gralha-cubana, Cuervo cubano 
                                  Species Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 – Torresian Crow, Corbeau de Torres, gralha-da-torrésia, gralha-de-torres, Cuervo de Torres 
                                  Species Corvus ossifragus A. Wilson, 1812 – Corneille de rivage, gralha-ribeirinha, gralha-pesqueira, Cuervo pescador, Fish Crow 
                                  Species Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 – Palm Crow, Hispaniolan Palm Crow, Corneille palmiste, gralha-florestal-haitiana, gralha-das-palmeiras-dominicana, Cuervo palmero 
                                  Species Corvus philippinus (Bonaparte, 1853) – Philippine Jungle Crow, Corbeau des Philippines, gralha-selvática-filipina 
                                  Species Corvus pusillus Tweeddale, 1878 – Palawan Crow, Corneille de Palawan, gralha-de-palauã, gralha-de-palawan 
                                  Species Corvus rhipidurus E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 – Fan-tailed Raven, Corbeau à queue courte, corvo-de-cauda-curta, Cuervo colicorto 
                                  Species Corvus ruficollis R. P. Lesson, 1831 – Brown-necked Raven, Corbeau brun, corvo-do-deserto, Cuervo desertícola 
                                  Species Corvus samarensis Steere, 1890 – Samar Crow, Corneille de Samar, gralha-de-sámar, gralha-de-samar 
                                  Species Corvus sierramadrensis Rand & Rabor, 1961 – Sierra Madre Crow, Corneille de Luçon, gralha-de-lução 
                                  Species Corvus sinaloae L. I. Davis, 1958 – Sinaloa Crow, Corneille du Sinaloa, gralha-de-sinaloa, gralha-sinaloense, Cuervo sinaloense 
                                  Species Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – House Crow, Corbeau familier, gralha-indiana, Cuervo indio 
                                  Species Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 – Forest Raven, Corbeau de Tasmanie, corvo-da-tasmânia, Cuervo de Tasmania 
                                  Species Corvus torquatus R. P. Lesson, 1831 – Collared Crow, Corbeau à collier, gralha-de-colar, Cuervo acollarado 
                                  Species Corvus tristis R. P. Lesson & Garnot, 1827 – Grey Crow, Corneille grise, gralha-cinzenta, gralha-da-papua, Cuervo gris 
                                  Species Corvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853) – Corneille des Célèbes, gralha-assobiadora, gralha-de-celebes, Cuervo de Célebes, Piping Crow 
                                  Species Corvus unicolor (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1900) – Banggai Crow, Corneille des Banggai, gralha-das-bangai, gralha-das-banggai, Cuervo de las Banggai 
                                  Species Corvus validus Bonaparte, 1850 – Long-billed Crow, Corneille des Moluques, gralha-de-bico-comprido, Cuervo moluqueño 
                                  Species Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850 – Violet Crow, Corneille violacée, gralha-azeviche, gralha-violeta, Cuervo violáceo 
                                  Species Corvus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1887) – White-billed Crow, Corneille à bec blanc, gralha-de-bico-branco, Cuervo piquiblanco 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Corvus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Corvus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Corvus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Corvus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Corvus   
       

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