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OverviewAI-generated
The Pied Crow (*Corvus albus*) is a species of bird belonging to the family Corvidae within the order Passeriformes. It is classified under the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with the genus *Corvus* as its parent taxon. The species was described by Müller in 1776 and is also referred to by the common names brân fraith, Schildrabe, and Cuervo Pío.
This diurnal bird has a taxon range that includes Africa and Burkina Faso. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2024. Biological data indicates an average litter size of 2.6 and an egg incubation period of 18 days. The species has a recorded mass of 21.8.
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Species
Least Concernpied crow
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pied Crow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.