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Corvus brachyrhynchos  C. L. Brehm, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179731

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Corneille d'Amérique [French]
  
    gralha-americana [Portuguese]
  
    Cuervo americano [Spanish]
  
    American Crow [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                  SpeciesCorvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1822 – Corneille d'Amérique, gralha-americana, Cuervo americano, American Crow  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1822  
                                     Subspecies Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus S. F. Baird, 1858 – Northwestern Crow 
                                     Subspecies Corvus brachyrhynchos hargravei A. R. Phillips, 1942  
                                     Subspecies Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis Ridgway, 1887  
                                     Subspecies Corvus brachyrhynchos pascuus Coues, 1899  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Corvus brachyrhynchos    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Corvus brachyrhynchos    
       
  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 brachyrhynchos, American Crow [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Corvus brachyrhynchos   
       
  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 brachyrhynchos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brehm, Christian Ludwig  
  Publication Date: 1822   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Beiträge zur Vögelkunde in vollständigen Beschreibungen mehrerer neu Entdeckter und vieler seltener, oder nicht gehörig beobachteter deutscher Vögel, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xii + 768   
  Publisher: Brehm   
  Publication Place: Neustadt an der Orla, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33116034   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Corvus brachyrhynchos, American Crow [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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