Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, JG 1827
The large-billed crow, formerly referred to widely as the jungle crow, is a widespread Asian species of crow. It is very adaptable and is able to survive on a wide range of food sources, making it capable of colonizing new areas, due to which it is often considered a nuisance, especially on islands. It has a large bill, which is the source of its scientific name macrorhynchos and it is sometimes known by the common name thick-billed crow. It can also be mistaken for a common raven. Johann Georg Wagler first described the species from a holotype obtained from Java in the year 1827. The eastern jungle crow and Indian jungle crow were once considered conspecific and together called the jungle crow. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Corvus
Scientific:
Corvus macrorhynchos
Original description
Citation:
Wagler, JG 1827
Reference:
Systema Avium
pt.1 p.313, sp.3
Protonym:
Corvus Macrorhynchos
Type locality:
'Nova Hollandia, Nova Guinea et in insulis Sumatra et Java' [= Java].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/233421#page/355/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
8891E279D6486CD9
Avibase ID:
avibase-8891E279
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8891E279
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559503
Large-billed Crow
Azerbaijani:
böyükdimdik qarğa
Bengali:
দাঁড় কাক
Catalan:
corb becgròs asiàtic
Czech:
vrána hrubozobá
Danish:
Stornæbbet Krage
German:
Dickschnabelkrähe
Esperanto:
grandbeka korvo
Spanish:
Cuervo de la Selva
Spanish (Spain):
Cuervo Picudo
Estonian:
suurnokk-vares
Persian:
کلاغ جنگلی نوکبزرگ
Finnish:
paksunokkavaris
French:
Corbeau à gros bec
Croatian:
krupnokljuna vrana
Hungarian:
dzsungelvarjú
Indonesian:
Gagak Kampung
Italian:
Cornacchia della giungla
Japanese (romaji):
hashibutogarasu
Japanese:
ハシブトガラス
Korean:
큰부리까마귀
Lithuanian:
Storasnapė varna
Latvian:
dižknābja vārna
Nepali:
कालो काग
Dutch:
Dikbekkraai
Norwegian:
Tykknebbkråke
Polish:
wrona wielkodzioba
Portuguese:
Corvo-de-bico-grossudo
Portuguese (Portugal):
Corvo-de-bico-grosso
Russian:
Большеклювая ворона
Slovak:
Vrana hrubozobá
Serbian:
Krupnokljuna vrana
Swedish:
Djungelkråka
Thai:
อีกา
Turkish:
iri gagalı karga
Ukrainian:
Ворона великодзьоба
Chinese:
大嘴乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
大嘴烏鴉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Large-billed Crow [Large-billed] ( Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Large-billed Crow [Large-billed] ( Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Large-billed Crow (Large-billed) ( Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2025: Large-billed Crow (Large-billed) ( Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos Group]) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Large-billed Crow ( Corvus macrorhynchos) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Corvus [macrorhynchos or philippinus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: böyükdimdik qarğa
Bulgarian: Дебелоклюна врана [Група macrorhynchos]
Bengali: দাঁড় কাক
Catalan: corb becgròs asiàtic, corb becut [grup macrorhynchos]
Czech: vrána hrubozobá, vrána tlustozobá [skupina macrorhynchos]
Danish: Stornæbbet Krage, Stornæbbet Krage (Almindelig)
German: Dickschnabelkrähe, Dschungelkrähe [macrorhynchos-Gruppe]
English: Jungle crow, Large-billed Crow, Large-billed Crow (Large-billed), Large-billed Crow [Large-billed], Thick-billed crow
[ENAV]: Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
English, HBW: Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
[ENHK]: Large-billed Crow [macrorhynchos Group]
English (IOC): Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
English (Philippines): Large-billed Crow, Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
English (United States): Large-billed Crow (Large-billed)
Esperanto: Grandbeka korvo
Spanish: Cuervo de la Selva, Cuervo Picudo (grupo macrorhynchos)
Spanish (Spain): Cuervo Picudo, Cuervo picudo (grupo macrorhynchos)
Estonian: suurnokk-vares
Persian: کلاغ جنگلی نوکبزرگ, کلاغ جنگلی نوکبزرگ [macrorhynchos Group]
Finnish: paksunokkavaris, paksunokkavaris (macrorhynchos- ryhmä)
French: Corbeau à gros bec, Corbeau à gros bec (groupe macrorhynchos), Corneille à gros bec
Hindi: Karung kakai
Croatian: krupnokljuna vrana, krupnokljuna vrana [macrorhynchos grupa]
Hungarian: dzsungelvarjú
Indonesian: Burung Gagak Kampung, Gagak kampung, Gagak kampung (grup macrorhynchos)
Icelandic: Skógarkráka [macrorhynchus hópur]
Italian: Cornacchia della giungla
Japanese (romaji): hashi-buto garasu, hashibutogarasu, yama-garasu
Japanese: ハシブトガラス, ハシブトガラス（macrorhynchos グループ）, ヤマガラス
Japanese (Kanji): 嘴太烏, 嘴太鴉, 山烏, 山鴉
Kazakh: Үлкентұмсық қарға (Кәдімгі)
Korean: 큰부리까마귀, 큰부리까마귀 (macrorhynchos group)
Korean (Transliteration): keun-buri-kkamagwi
Kirghiz: чоң тумшук карга
Scientific: Corvus macrorhynchos, Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos Group], Corvus macrorhynchos [macrorhynchos], Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos
Lithuanian: Storasnapė varna
Latvian: dižknābja vārna
Malayalam: ബലിക്കാക്ക
Mongolian: хэрээ
Malay: Burung Gagak Paruh Besar, Gagak Paruh Besar
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хэрээ
Nepali: कालो काग, कालो काग (Large-billed)
Dutch: (Noordelijke) dikbekkraai, Dikbekkraai
Norwegian: Tykknebbkråke, tykknebbkråke (macrorhynchos gr.)
Polish: wrona wielkodzioba, wrona wielkodzioba [gr. macrorhynchos]
Pinyin: dà zuǐ wū-yā, jù-zuǐ yā
Portuguese: Corvo-de-bico-grossudo
Portuguese (Portugal): Corvo-de-bico-grosso, Corvo-de-bico-grosso [grupo macrorhynchos]
Russian: Большеклювая ворона, Большеклювая ворона (группа macrorhynchos)
Slovak: Vrana hrubozobá, vrana hrubozobá (hrubozobá)
Slovenian: Velekljuna vrana [macrorhynchos]
Serbian: Krupnokljuna vrana, Velika krupnokljuna vrana [macrorhynchos grupa]
Swedish: Djungelkråka, stornäbbad kråka [gruppen macrorhynchos]
Thai: กา, นกกา, อีกา, อีกาปากหนา
Thai (Transliteration): ii-kaa, kaa, nók kaa
Turkish: iri gagalı karga, Kalın Gagalı Karga [macrorhynchos grubu]
Tatar: зур томшыклы карга
Ukrainian: Ворона великодзьоба, Ворона великодзьоба [група macrorhynchos]
Vietnamese: Chim Ác đen, Chim Quạ đen, Quạ đen
Kalmyk: баакра
Chinese: 大嘴乌鸦, 大嘴乌鸦 (广布)
[ZHHK]: 大嘴烏鴉 [macrorhynchos Group]
Chinese (Traditional): 大嘴烏鴉, 巨嘴鴉(macrorhynchos群)
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 巨嘴鴉, 巨嘴鸦
Chinese (Taiwan): 巨嘴鸦
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