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Violaceous Crow

Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, CLJL 1850

The violet crow is a species of the crow family, Corvidae, native to Seram, an island in Indonesia. It was long considered a subspecies of the slender-billed crow but has been shown to be divergent genetically. Violet crows have a dark black head and slightly blue black body and have a slightly shorter bill than most other crow species. Source: Wikipedia

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


Original description

Citation:
  Bonaparte, CLJL 1850

Reference:
   Conspect. Gen. Avium 1 p.384

Protonym:
  Corvus violaceus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560581


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  7D09E879C147A7EE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-7D09E879

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7D09E879


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916631

Geographic range:

  • Corvus violaceus: S Moluccas (Seram, Buru and Ambon)
English:
Violaceous Crow
Danish:
Violblå Krage
German:
Seramkrähe
Spanish:
Cuervo Violeta
Spanish (Spain):
Cuervo violeta
Finnish:
seraminvaris
French:
Corneille violacée
Croatian:
seramska vrana
Japanese:
スンダガラス (violaceus)
Dutch:
Violette Kraai
Norwegian:
arkipelkråke (violaceus)
Polish:
wrona fioletowa
Portuguese:
gralha-azeviche
Russian:
Серамская ворона
Slovak:
vrana molucká
Serbian:
Molučka tankokljuna vrana
Swedish:
seramkråka
Ukrainian:
ворона серамська
Chinese:
紫乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
藍紫稚鴉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Violaceous Crow (nominate) ( Corvus violaceus violaceus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Violaceous Crow (nominate) ( Corvus violaceus violaceus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Violaceous Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2015:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2016:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2017:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2018:
Slender-billed Crow (Violet) ( Corvus enca violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2019:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2021:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 3]
eBird version 2022:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Corvus enca violaceus [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Violet Crow ( Corvus violaceus) [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Corvus violaceus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Corvus [enca, compilator or violaceus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Danish: Violblå Krage
German: Seramkrähe
English: Slender-billed Crow (Violet), Violaceous Crow, Violaceous Crow (nominate), Violaceus Crow, Violet Crow
English, HBW: Violet Crow
English (IOC): Violet Crow
English (United States): Violet Crow
Spanish: Cuervo Picofino (violaceus), Cuervo violáceo, Cuervo Violeta
Spanish (Spain): Cuervo Picofino (violaceus), Cuervo violeta
Spanish (HBW): Slender-billed Crow (Violet)
Estonian: filipiini vares
Finnish: seraminvaris
French: Corneille à bec fin (violacée), Corneille à bec fin (violaceus), Corneille violacée, Corneille violacée (nominal), Corneille violacée (violaceus)
Croatian: seramska vrana
Indonesian: Gagak hutan
Japanese (romaji): sundagarasu (violaceus)
Japanese: スンダガラス (violaceus)
Scientific: Corvus enca violaceus, Corvus modestus, Corvus violaceus, Corvus violaceus violaceus
Dutch: Soenda-kraai (violaceus), Violette Kraai
Norwegian: arkipelkråke (violaceus)
Polish: wrona fioletowa
Portuguese: gralha-azeviche
Portuguese (Portugal): gralha-violeta
Russian: Серамская ворона
Slovak: vrana molucká
Serbian: Molučka tankokljuna vrana, Tankokljuna vrana (violaceus)
Swedish: seramkråka
Turkish: Mor karga
Ukrainian: ворона серамська
Chinese: 紫乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 藍紫稚鴉

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