Gray Crow
Corvus tristis
A large bird of lowland and foothill forest canopy, often near rivers. Somewhat variable plumage but has a long tail, bare, pink, facial skin and blue eyes. Adult, usually has a dark bill and gray-brown plumage, darker in the wing with some iridescence. Juvenile is grey with a paler head and a pink bill. Torresian and Brown-headed Crows have shorter tails. Somewhat similar to Channel-billed Cuckoo but that species has a longer bill and barring on the tail. Voice, an uncrowlike, relatively high-pitch, nasal yelping.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Corvus tristis
- Authority
- Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Corvus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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