| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Pied Crow* |
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Corvus albus |
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Description (10)
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Pied Crow
© hat.net
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Other Names (World)
Pied Crow, African Pied Crow, White-bellied Crow
Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)
Size
46 - 50 cm
First Described (Guide)
Müller, 1776
Angola (B) (NB), Benin (B) (NB), Botswana (B) (NB), Burkina Faso (B) (NB), Burundi (B) (NB), Cameroon (B) (NB), Central African Republic (B) (NB), Chad (B) (NB), Comoros (B) (NB), Congo (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Cote dIvoire (B) (NB), Djibouti (B) (NB), Equatorial Guinea (B) (NB), Eritrea (B) (NB), Ethiopia (B) (NB), Gabon (B) (NB), Gambia (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Guinea-bissau (B) (NB), Kenya (B) (NB), Lesotho (B) (NB), Liberia (B) (NB), Madagascar (B) (NB), Malawi (B) (NB), Mauritania (B) (NB), Mauritius (B) (NB), Mayotte (B) (NB), Mozambique (B) (NB), Namibia (B) (NB), Niger (B) (NB), Nigeria (B) (NB), Rwanda (B) (NB), Senegal (B) (NB), Seychelles (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB), Somalia (B) (NB), South Africa (B) (NB), Sudan (B) (NB), Swaziland (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Togo (B) (NB), Uganda (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Yemen (NB).
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 LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Invertebrates, small reptiles, small mammals, young birds and eggs, grain, peanuts, carrion, human food scraps.
Voice
A harsh 'ar-ar-ar-ar' or 'karh-karh-karh'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (141)...)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus) [XC195012]
by Rory Nefdt from Lake Chelekleka, Ethiopia (song)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus) [XC433775]
by Tony Archer from Graaff-Reinet (near Adendorp), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 6; pale green with brown spots of various shades. Incubation: 18 - 19 days; by female. Eggs are covered when female leaves nest.
Young
Fledge in about 45 days. Fed by both parents.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Somali Crow (Corvus edithae) and Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis).
Corvus albus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Pied Crow (Corvus albus) and Somali Crow (Corvus edithae) following Fry et al. (2000).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Pied Crow see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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