The thick-billed raven, a corvid from the Horn of Africa, shares with the common raven the distinction of being the largest bird in the corvid family, and indeed the largest of the passerines. The thick-billed raven averages 64 cm (25 in) in length, with a range of 60 to 70 cm and weighs approximately 1.15 kg (2.5 lb) in females and 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) in males on average. Its size is about the same as the largest species of common raven but some common raven subspecies are rather smaller and, going on average weights, the thick-billed raven is likely the heaviest extant passerine. The thick-billed raven is about 25% heavier on average than the Australasian superb lyrebird, which is sometimes erroneously titled the largest passerine. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Rüppell, WPES 1836
Reference:
Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyss. Vög.
Protonym:
Corvus crassirostris
Type locality:
Abyssinian highlands.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140130#page/99/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
4C6B515DF2D268F5
Avibase ID:
avibase-4C6B515D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4C6B515D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559496
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Corbeau corbivau ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Corbeau corbivau ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 1st edition: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2021: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2022: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2023: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 3rd edition: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 4th edition: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2015: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2016: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2017: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2018: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Clements, version 2019: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 1.50: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 1.52: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 1.53: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 1.54: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 1.55: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2015: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2016: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2017: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2018: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2019: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2021: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2022: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
eBird version 2023: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Corvus crassirostris |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Corvus crassirostris |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Corvus crassirostris |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Corvus crassirostris |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Corvus crassirostris |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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