List of Corvus Species

The following is a list of species and subspecies within the genus Corvus (the "crows").

• Corvus albicollis - White-necked Raven or Cape Raven (Southern, central and eastern Africa)
• Corvus albus - Pied Crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa)
• Corvus bennetti - Little Crow (Australia)
• Corvus brachyrhynchos - American Crow (United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico)
• Corvus capensis - Cape Crow or Black Crow or Cape Rook (Eastern and southern Africa)
• Corvus caurinus - Northwestern Crow (Olympic peninsula to southwest Alaska)
• Corvus corax - Common Raven or Northern Raven (The Holarctic south throughout middle Europe, Asia, and North America to Nicaragua)
  • Corvus (corax) sinuatus - Western Raven (Holarctic; Arctic, North America, Eurasia, northern Africa, Pacific islands and British Isles)
  • Corvus (corax) varius morpha leucophaeus - Pied Raven an extinct color variant (Holarctic)
• Corvus corone - Carrion Crow or Eurasian Crow (Western Europe from British Isles to Germany, to eastern Asia
• Corvus cornix - Hooded Crow (Northern and eastern Europe (North Western Scotland and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and northern Africa
  • Corvus (cornix) capellanus - Mesopotamian Crow or Iraq Pied Crow (Southern Iraq to extreme southwest Iran)
• Corvus coronoides - Australian Raven (Eastern and southern Australia)
• Corvus crassirostris - Thick-billed Raven (Ethiopia)
• Corvus cryptoleucus - Chihuahuan Raven (Southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico)
• Corvus dauuricus - Daurian Jackdaw (Eastern Europe to eastern Japan, occasionally Scandinavia)
• Corvus enca - Slender-billed Crow (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia)
  • Corvus (enca) violaceus - Violaceous Crow (Philippines, Ceram, Moluccas)
• Corvus florensis - Flores Crow (Flores Island)
• Corvus frugilegus - Rook (Europe, Asia, New Zealand)
• Corvus fuscicapillus - Brown-headed Crow (New Guinea)
• Corvus hawaiiensis (formerly C. tropicus) - Hawaiian Crow (Island of Hawaii)
• Corvus imparatus - Tamaulipas Crow (Gulf of Mexico coast from Nuevo León east to Rio Grande delta, south to Tampico, Tamaulipas)
• Corvus jamaicensis - Jamaican Crow (Jamaica)
• Corvus kubaryi - Mariana Crow or Aga (Guam, Rota)
• Corvus leucognaphalus - White-necked Crow (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
• Corvus macrorhynchos - Jungle Crow (Eastern Asia, Himalayas, Philippines)
  • Corvus (macrorhynchos) macrorhynchos - Large-billed Crow
  • Corvus (macrorhynchos) levaillantii - Eastern Jungle Crow (India, Burma)
  • Corvus (macrorhynchos) culminatus - Indian Jungle Crow
• Corvus meeki - Bougainville Crow or Soloman Islands Crow (Northern Soloman Islands)
• Corvus mellori - Little Raven (Southeastern Australia)
• Corvus monedula - Jackdaw or Western Jackdaw (British Isles and western Europe, Scandinavia, northern Asia, Northern Africa)
• Corvus moneduloides - New Caledonian Crow (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
• Corvus nasicus - Cuban Crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island)
• Corvus orru - Torresian Crow or Australian Crow (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands)
• Corvus ossifragus - Fish Crow (Eastern U.S. coast, southeastern U.S. through Florida, west along major rivers to Oklahoma and Texas)
• Corvus palmarum - Palm Crow (Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic)
• Corvus rhipidurus - Fan-tailed Raven (Northeast Africa, Middle East)
• Corvus ruficollis - Brown-necked Raven or Desert Raven (Northern Africa, Arabia, southeast to eastern Asia)
  • Corvus (ruficolis) edithae - Somali Crow or Dwarf Raven (Northeast Africa)
• Corvus sinaloae - Sinaloan Crow (Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima)
• Corvus splendens - House Crow or Indian House Crow (Indian subcontinent, Middle East, east Africa)
• Corvus tasmanicus - Forest Raven or Tasmanian Raven (Tasmania and adjacent south coast of Australia)
  • Corvus (tasmanicus) boreus - Relict Raven (Northeastern New South Wales)
• Corvus torquatus - Collared Crow (Eastern China, south into Vietnam)
• Corvus tristis - Grey Crow or Bare-faced Crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands)
• Corvus typicus - Piping Crow or Celebes Pied Crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)
• Corvus unicolor - Banggai Crow (Banggai Island)
• Corvus validus - Long-billed Crow (Northern Moluccas)
• Corvus woodfordi - White-billed Crow or Soloman Islands Crow (Southern Soloman Islands)

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Prehistoric and fossilized species

• New Ireland Crow, Corvus sp. (prehistoric)
• Chatham Raven, C. moriorum (prehistoric)
• New Zealand Raven, C. antipodum (prehistoric)
• High-billed Crow, C. impluviatus (prehistoric)
• Robust Crow, C. viriosus (prehistoric)
• Corvus larteti (fossil: Late Miocene of France, or C Europe?)
• Corvus pliocaenus (fossil: Late Pliocene –? Early Pleistocene of SW Europe)
• Corvus antecorax (fossil: Late Pliocene/Early – Late Pleistocene of Europe; may be subspecies of Corvus corax)
• Corvus betfianus (fossil)
• Corvus praecorax (fossil)
• Corvus simionescui (fossil)
• Corvus fossilis (fossil)
• Corvus moravicus (fossil)
• Corvus hungaricus (fossil)
• Puerto Rican Crow C. or "chango" "mozambique" pumilis (prehistoric; possibly a subspecies of C. nasicus/palmarum)
• Corvus galushai (fossil: Big Sandy Late Miocene of Wickieup, USA)
• Corvus neomexicanus (fossil: Late Pleistocene of Dry Cave, USA)