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| Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 |
The House Crow (Corvus splendens) sits between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size (40 cm in length) but is quite slimmer proportionately than either. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are a richly glossed black while the neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in colour. The wings, tail and legs are black. There are various regional forms that differ mainly in the depth of coloring in their various parts and thickness of bill.
Range: India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Maldive and Laccadive Islands, South West ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is a country in southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west. Thailand is also known as Siam which was the country's official n, coastal southern IranIran ( Persian: ) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia''. It borders Pakistan (909km of border) and Afghanistan (936km) to the east, Turkmenistan (1000km) to the northeast, the Casp and East AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including the islands, it covers 20. 3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for ar around ZanzibarZanzibar Tanzania, comprises a pair of islands off the east coast of Africa called Zanzibar ('Unguja') (1994 est. 800,000, 1,554 kmē) and Pemba. They are, together with Mafia Island, sometimes referred to as the Spice Islands, though the term is more comm and Port SudanPort Sudan is The Republic of Sudan's main port city, on the Red Sea. It was founded by the British in 1905 and was used to transport the nations agricultural riches of cotton and sesame seed including the cereal sorghum. A city of nearly 300,000 is known (both introduced). It has occurred in Australia via ship but has up to now been exterminated. It is associated with human settlements in all of its range from small village to large city and is never found away from it.
Food: Feeds largely on human scraps, small reptiles and other animals such as insects and other small invertebrates, eggs, nestling's, grain and fruits. Most food taken from the ground but also from trees as opportunity arises.
Nest: At least some trees in the local environment seem to be necessary for its successful breeding. Eggs, 3-6 in typical stick nest, occasionally several nests in the same tree.
Voice: A harsh caaa-caaa often while flying (unlike most crows that usually only caw while stationary)
