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| Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 |
The Forest Raven ( Corvus tasmanicus) is a large Australian species (50-52 cm in length) that inhabits the island state of Tasmania. It has a proportionately larger bill than the mainland species and also a slightly shorter tail and is the sole representative of the genus Corvus in Tasmania.
An outlying population exists in a small area in the tablelands of northeastern New South Wales. The suggestion that this form be given specific rank and be known as the Relict Raven (Corvus boreus) appears not to have gathered favour, and the Relict Raven remains classified as a subspecies, C. tasmanicus boreus.
There is a scientific study at present concerned with the Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus) and the Little Raven (C. mellori) on the mainland.
Range: It inhabits a wide range of habitat within Tasmania such a woods, open interrupted forest, mountains, coastal areas, farmland and town and city fringes.
Food: A typical omnivoreOmnivores are organisms that consume on both plants and animals. At one time the word omnivore was used to designate the pig family. Examples: Mammals many pigs many bears many primates (including humans) domestic dogs some rodents, including mice, rats, taking a very wide range of foods such as insectSubclass Apterygota Symphypleona globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Palaeodictyoptera extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata ( dragonfls, carrionCarrion is the carcass of a dead animal that becomes food for other scavenging animals such as hyenas or Tasmanian Devils. Some plants and fungi fake the scent of carrion to attract insects to aid in reproduction. These include the Titan arum and stinkhor, fruit, grain and wormA worm is any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animals. The most famous is the earthworm, a member of phylum Annelida, but there are hundreds of thousands of different species that live in a wide variety of habitats other ths. It has been known to kill and eat birds as large as the Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) using some degree of cunning by pretending to forage near enough to get close for the kill.
Nest: A stick nest, very similar to the mainland Australian raven and like it, built always high up in tall trees.
Voice: A deep "korr-korr-korr-korr" with a similarly drawn out last note to the Australian Raven.
