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Australian Raven

Corvus coronoides Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827

The Australian raven is a passerine bird in the genus Corvus native to much of southern and northeastern Australia. Measuring 46–53 centimetres (18–21 in) in length, it has all-black plumage, beak and mouth, as well as strong grey-black legs and feet. The upperparts are glossy, with a purple, blue, or green sheen, and its black feathers have grey bases. The Australian raven is distinguished from the Australian crow species by its throat hackles, which are prominent in adult birds. Older adult individuals have white irises, younger adults have white irises with an inner blue rim, while younger birds have dark brown irises until fifteen months of age, and hazel irises with an inner blue rim around each pupil until age two years and ten months. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the Australian raven in 1827, its species name (coronoides) highlighting its similarity with the carrion crow. Two subspecies are recognized, which differ slightly in calls and are quite divergent genetically. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Corvus
Scientific:
  Corvus coronoides

Original description

Citation:
  Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 15(1826) p.261

Protonym:
  Corvus Coronoides

Type locality:
  Australia, restricted to Parramatta, New South Wales by Stresemann (1916, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 12, p. 290).

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/778510

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1D45897E674A6EAE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1D45897E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1D45897E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559495

Geographic range:

  • Corvus coronoides: wooded habitats of southwestern, far southern coastal, and central to eastern Australia (except Cape York Peninsula and Tasmania)
  • Corvus coronoides coronoides: central to eastern Australia eastward from central Northern Territory and central South Australia (except Cape York Peninsula and Tasmania)
  • Corvus coronoides perplexus: southern Western Australia
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Australian Raven
Catalan:
cornella australiana
Czech:
krkavec australský
Danish:
Australsk Ravn
German:
Neuhollandkrähe
Spanish:
Cuervo Australiano
Spanish (Spain):
Cuervo Australiano
Finnish:
australiankorppi
French:
Corbeau d'Australie
Croatian:
australski gavran
Hungarian:
ausztrál varjú
Icelandic:
Frumskógarkráka
Italian:
Corvo imperiale australiano
Japanese (romaji):
minamiwatarigarasu
Japanese:
ミナミワタリガラス
Lithuanian:
Australinis kranklys
Dutch:
Australische Raaf
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Klageramn
Norwegian:
Klageravn
Polish:
kruk australijski
Portuguese:
Corvo-australiano
Portuguese (Portugal):
corvo-australiano
Russian:
Австралийский ворон
Slovak:
krkavec pasienkový
Serbian:
Veliki australijski gavran
Swedish:
australisk korp
Ukrainian:
Крук австралійський
Chinese:
澳洲渡鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
澳洲渡鴉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Australian Raven ( Corvus coronoides)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Corbeau d'Australie ( Corvus coronoides) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Corbeau d'Australie ( Corvus coronoides) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Australian Raven ( Corvus coronoides) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Corvus coronoides
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Corvus coronoides coronoides [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Corvus coronoides coronoides [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Corvus coronoides [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Corvus coronoides [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Corvus [coronoides, tasmanicus or boreus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Azerbaijani: Avstraliya qarğası
Catalan: cornella australiana
Czech: Krkavec australský
Danish: Australsk Krage, Australsk Ravn
German: Australkrähe, Neuhollandkrähe
English: Australian Raven
English, HBW: Australian Raven
English (IOC): Australian Raven
English (United States): Australian Raven
Esperanto: Aŭstralia korako
Spanish: Cuervo Australiano, Cuervo Australiano Grande
Spanish (Spain): Cuervo Australiano
Spanish (HBW): Australian Raven
Estonian: halavares
Finnish: Australiankorppi
French: Corbeau d’Australie, Corbeau d'Australie, Corneille à gros bec, Corneille d'Australie
Croatian: australski gavran
Hungarian: ausztrál varjú
Icelandic: Frumskógarkráka
Italian: Corvo australiano, Corvo imperiale australiano
Japanese (romaji): minamiwatarigarasu
Japanese: ミナミワタリガラス
Kirghiz: Австралия каргасы
Scientific: Corvus australis, Corvus coronoides, Corvus coronoides coronoides, Corvus coronoides per plexus, Corvus coronoides perplexus, Corvus difficilis, Corvus marianae, Corvus marianae halmaturinus, Corvus marianae mellori
Lithuanian: Australinis kranklys
Dutch: Australische Raaf
Norwegian Nynorsk: Klageramn
Norwegian: Klageravn
Polish: kruk australijski
Portuguese: Corvo-australiano
Portuguese (Portugal): corvo-australiano
Russian: Австралийская ворона, Австралийский ворон
Slovak: krkavec pasienkový, Vrana bielooká
Serbian: Australijski gavran, Veliki australijski gavran
Swedish: Australisk korp
Turkish: Avustralya kuzgunu
Tatar: Австралия каргасы
Ukrainian: Крук австралійський
Chinese: 澳洲渡鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 澳洲渡鴉

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