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 LC    Brown-necked Raven* Id (Atlas):
    Corvus ruficollis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Brown-necked Raven, Desert Raven

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
50 - 56 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson, 1831

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B) (NB), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B), Pakistan, Palestinian Authority Territories (B), Qatar, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates (B), Uzbekistan (B) (NB), Western Sahara (B), Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Gambia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Invertebrates, grain, fish, carrion.

Voice
A harsh 'karr-karr-karr'. A 'kuerk-kuerk' uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

 
Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis) [XC45020]
     by Patrick Franke from Yanqul, Oman (call)

 
Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis) [XC360556]
     by Hichem MACHOUK from km 70 from Aousserd, Morocco (begging call)

Young
Fledge in about 37 - 38 days.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Pied Crow (Corvus albus) and Somali Crow (Corvus edithae). Sometimes considered conspecific with Somali Crow (Corvus edithae).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis) - 10 files


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