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Within Vinony's link graph, Brown-necked Raven is referenced by 217 other articles, and connects out to Cyanocorax, jackdaw and Somali crow.
It is catalogued under topics including Birds described in 1830, Birds of Central Asia and Birds of East Africa.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Corvus ruficollis
- Commons category
- Corvus ruficollis
- Commons gallery
- Corvus ruficollis
- taxon common name
- smeđovrati gavran
- litter size
- 3.7
- egg incubation period
- 20
- short name
- C. ruficollis
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile. The head and throat are a distinct brownish-black giving the bird its English name, while the rest of the plumage is black glossed with purple, blue or purplish-blue. Like the common raven, thick-billed raven and white-necked raven, it is one of the larger raven species. The feathers of this species often fade quite quickly to a brownish black (even the truly black feathers) and the bird can look distinctly brown by the time it moults. The feet, legs and bill are black. The dwarf raven was formerly considered a subspecies (Corvus ruficollis edithae) but this bird now appears to be closer to the pied crow (C. albus) than this species.
Distribution and habitat
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown-necked Raven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.