Collared Crow (Corvus pectoralis)

Other Names (World)
Collared Crow, White-necked Crow(!)

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
52 - 55 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson, 1831

Habitat
Open areas with scattered trees, particularly near water and most often close to the coast. From sea-level - 60 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB), Hong Kong (China) (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Unknown to Taiwan (China).

Lowland central, eastern and south-eastern China from southern Gansu and Shaanxi east to Liaoning, Hebei and Shandong, south to Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan I, Guangdong and Fujian, Taiwan (including small island of Kinmen, off Fujian), and Vietnam (lowland eastern Tonkin south to central Annam).

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and food-source illimination through agricultural intensification, particularly the excessive use of pesticides and rodenticides, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Calls include a loud repeated "kaaarr" or "kaar-karr" as well as various cawing creaking and clicking sounds.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) [XC161408]
by Frank Lambert from Guangyuan, Sichuan [approx location], China (call)

Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) [XC776105]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly known as central. torquatus, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Possibly part of the superspecies formed by Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) and Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix).

References
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