Cuban Palm Crow (Corvus minutus)

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
34 - 38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gundlach, 1852

Habitat
Wooded areas, lowland cultivated areas, local markets.

Range (Guide)

Cuba.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Small to medium sized groups, forgaing on the ground or in trees for food.

Food
Fruit, seeds, insects, snails and lizards.

Voice
A raucous nasal 'craa' or 'aagh' usually given in series. Flocks can be very noisy.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Cuban Palm Crow (Corvus minutus) [XC574055]
by Mike Boyd from Jimaguay\u00fa, Camag\u00fcey, Cuba (call)

Cuban Palm Crow (Corvus minutus) [XC72190]
by Laura Gooch from Road north of Najasa, Camaguey, Cuba (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Corvus palmarum (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum) and Cuban Palm Crow (Corvus minutus) following Garrido et al. (1997), but these two taxa have now been lumped as Corvus palmarum following AOU (1998).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum).

Similar Species
Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) which is larger with exposed nostrils, but best separated by call; tail flicking not recorded for Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus), and on Hispaniola with White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus) which is larger and also has exposed nostrils, it is also best separated by call.

References
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