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 LC    American Crow* Id (Atlas):
    Corvus brachyrhynchos

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
American Crow, Common Crow

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
45 cm

First Described (Guide)
Brehm, 1822

Range (Guide)
Canada, Mexico, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB), USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 31,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (153)...)

 
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) [XC624432]
     by Jim Berry from Weld, Franklin County, Maine, United States (call)

 
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) [XC833456]
     by Ian Cruickshank from Saanich (near Victoria), Capital, British Columbia, Canada (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • brachyrhynchos Brehm, 1822   -  Southern Canada from south-western Northwest Territories east to Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, and south throughout Midwest and eastern USA to at least north-western Florida and Gulf of Mexico, expanding west through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada and central Arizona.
  • hesperis Ridgway, 1887   -  South-western Canada (interior British Columbia) south in western USA to Washington, northern Idaho, Oregon and California, and extreme north-western Mexico (extreme north-western Baja California).
  • pascuus Coues, 1899   -  Peninsular Florida.
  • hargravei Phillips, AR, 1942   -  West-central USA.
  • paulus Howell, 1913   -  Eastern and south-eastern US.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) - 10 files


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