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 LC    Fish Crow* Id (Atlas):
    Corvus ossifragus

Description (10)
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Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wilson, 1812

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Canada, USA (B).

Vagrant to Bahamas.

Eastern and south-eastern coastal reaches of USA from coastal Maine southern throughout Florida, western across Louisiana border into eastern Texas, in western extending northern along major rivers into Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
 
Population
Estimated population is 790,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

 
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) [XC404816]
     by Thomas ARMAND from Treasure Island, Pinellas County, Florida, United States (call)

 
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) [XC294786]
     by Albert Lastukhin & Max Lastukhin from Ashaway, Washington, Rhode Island, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Preliminary genetic analysis suggests that this species may be part of a clade of Asian/Pacific taxa that includes also Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus) and Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) - 10 files


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