Corvus enca (Slender-billed Crow)

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Slender-billed Crow

Corvus enca (Horsfield, T 1821)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Corvus
Scientific:
  Corvus enca

Original description

Citation:
(Horsfield, T 1821)

Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13, pt.1 p.164

Protonym:
Fregilus Enca

Type locality:
Java.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13692#page/183/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B768D7C3753D8C84

Avibase ID:
avibase-B768D7C3

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B768D7C3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559498

English:
Slender-billed Crow
Azerbaijani:
kiçik quzğun
Catalan:
cornella becfina
Czech:
vrána tenkozobá
Danish:
Tyndnæbbet Krage
German:
Sundakrähe
Esperanto:
Maldikbeka korvo
Spanish:
Cuervo Picofino
Spanish (Spain):
Cuervo Picofino
Estonian:
salenokk-vares
Finnish:
kaitanokkavaris
French:
Corneille à bec fin
Hungarian:
szunda-szigeteki varjú
Indonesian:
Burung Gagak Hutan
Italian:
Corvo beccosottile
Japanese (romaji):
sunda karasu
Japanese:
スンダガラス
Lithuanian:
plonasnapė varna
Dutch:
Soendakraai
Norwegian:
Arkipelkråke
Polish:
wrona cienkodzioba
Russian:
Малый ворон
Slovak:
vrana enka
Serbian:
Tankokljuna vrana
Swedish:
Sundakråka
Turkish:
İnce-gagalı Karga
Ukrainian:
Ворона довгодзьоба
Chinese:
稚鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
稚鴉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Slender-billed Crow ( Corvus enca) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Slender-billed Crow ( Corvus enca) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Slender-billed Crow ( Corvus enca)
Clements, version 2023: Slender-billed Crow ( Corvus enca) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Slender-billed Crow ( Corvus enca) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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