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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: 2013   
       

 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:  
                                  SpeciesCorvus albicollis Latham, 1790 – White-necked Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 – Pied Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus bennetti North, 1901 – Little Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1822 – Cuervo americano, American Crow, corneille d'Amérique 
                                  SpeciesCorvus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 – Cape Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus caurinus S. F. Baird, 1858 – Northwestern Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 – Cuervo común, Common Raven, grand corbeau, Northern Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 – Carrion Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Australian Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836 – Thick-billed Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 – Chihuahuan Raven, Cuervo llanero 
                                  SpeciesCorvus culminatus Sykes, 1832  
                                  SpeciesCorvus edithae Lort Phillips, 1895  
                                  SpeciesCorvus enca (Horsfield, 1821) – Slender-billed Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus florensis Büttikofer, 1894 – Flores Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 – Rook 
                                  SpeciesCorvus fuscicapillus G. R. Gray, 1859 – Brown-headed Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1848 – 'Alala, Hawaiian Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus imparatus J. L. Peters, 1929 – Mexican Crow, Cuervo tamaulipeco, Tamaulipas Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus insularis Heinroth, 1903  
                                  SpeciesCorvus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788 – Jamaican Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 – Marianas Crow, Mariana Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 – White-necked Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus levaillantii Lesson, 1831 – Jungle Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – Large-billed Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus meeki Rothschild, 1904  
                                  SpeciesCorvus mellori Mathews, 1912 – Little Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus minutus Gundlach, 1852  
                                  SpeciesCorvus moneduloides Lesson, 1831 – New Caledonian Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 – Cuban Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 – Torresian Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus ossifragus A. Wilson, 1812 – Fish Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 – Palm Crow, Hispaniolan Palm Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918 – Fan-tailed Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus ruficollis Lesson, 1831 – Brown-necked Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus sinaloae L. I. Davis, 1958 – Cuervo sinaloense, Sinaloa Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – House Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 – Forest Raven 
                                  SpeciesCorvus torquatus Lesson, 1831  
                                  SpeciesCorvus tristis Lesson & Garnot, 1827 – Grey Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853) – Piping Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus unicolor (Rothschild & Hartert, 1900) – Banggai Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus validus Bonaparte, 1850 – Long-billed Crow 
                                  SpeciesCorvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850  
                                  SpeciesCorvus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1887) – White-billed Crow 
       

 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: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Corvus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.12.31, website (version 31-Dec-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Corvus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Corvus   
       
  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   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Corvus   
       

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