Brown-headed Crow
Corvus fuscicapillusGray, GR, 1859
English (US) Brown-headed Crow
The Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: western New Guinea including Waigeo and Gam (west Papuan islands) and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Corvus fuscicapillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-headed Crow
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1859
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1859
- Type locality
- 'Dorey, New Guinea;' error for Aru Islands (see Wallace, 1863, Ibis, p. 100).
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.27, no.2 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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