Pied crow

Pied crow
In Etosha National Park, Namibia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Corvus
Species:
C. albus
Binomial name
Corvus albus
Müller, 1776

The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.

Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa. Its behaviour, though, is more typical of the Eurasian carrion crows, and it may be a modern link (along with the Somali crow) between the Eurasian crows and the common raven.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Corvus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22735894A118783820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735894A118783820.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.