Relict Raven (Corvus boreus)

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
52 - 54 cm

First Described (Guide)
Rowley, 1970

Habitat
Wet eucalypt forests, woodlands, coastal scrubs, beaches, orchards, pine plantations, adjacent open country.

Range (Guide)

Australia (R).

North-eastern New South Wales, in eastern Australia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Omnivorous. Insects and plant material in about equal quantities, even foraging on beaches.

Nest
A large rather flat structure of sticks, lined with scraps of bark, grass and wool felted together into a thick pad. Usually above 13 m in the fork of a large tree.

Eggs (Guide)
Usually 4; pale green, heavily blotched and spotted with dark olive-brown; oblong-oval; about 46 x 31 mm. Incubation: by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) and Relict Raven (Corvus boreus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Corvus tasmanicus following Christidis and Boles (1994).

Considered by some authors as a subspecies of Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus).

References
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