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Brown-headed Crow

Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR 1859

The brown-headed crow is a passerine bird of the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Endemic to Indonesia, it has a fragmented distribution in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It is threatened by habitat destruction and the IUCN has rated it as being "near-threatened". Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Gray, GR 1859

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 27(2) p.157

Protonym:
  Corvus fuscicapillus

Type locality:
  'Dorey, New Guinea;' error for Aru Islands (see Wallace, 1863, Ibis, p. 100).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274450#page/183/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EC8ED8A41422A162

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EC8ED8A4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EC8ED8A4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559500

Geographic range:

  • Corvus fuscicapillus: inland lowland forest, disjunctly on northwestern lowlands of New Guinea, Waigeo and Gam (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Corvus fuscicapillus fuscicapillus: disjunctly, lower Mamberamo River and Nimbokrang areas of northwestern New Guinea, and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Corvus fuscicapillus megarhynchus: Waigeo including Gam (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown-headed Crow
Catalan:
corb de cap bru
Czech:
vrána hnědohlavá
Danish:
Brunhovedet Krage
German:
Braunkopfkrähe
Spanish:
Cuervo Cabecipardo
Spanish (Spain):
Cuervo Cabecipardo
Finnish:
ruskopäävaris
French:
Corneille à tête brune
Croatian:
smeđoglava vrana
Hungarian:
tarkafejű varjú
Italian:
Corvo testabruna
Japanese (romaji):
chagashiragarasu
Japanese:
チャガシラガラス
Lithuanian:
rudagalvė varna
Dutch:
Bruinkopkraai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunhovudkråke
Norwegian:
Brunhodekråke
Polish:
wrona brązowogłowa
Portuguese:
gralha-de-cabeça-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal):
gralha-de-cabeça-castanha
Russian:
Буроголовая ворона
Slovak:
vrana hnedohlavá
Serbian:
Smeđoglava vrana
Swedish:
brunhuvad kråka
Ukrainian:
Ворона буроголова
Chinese:
棕头乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
棕頭鴉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown-headed Crow ( Corvus fuscicapillus) [version 1]
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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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Corneille à tête brune ( Corvus fuscicapillus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Corneille à tête brune ( Corvus fuscicapillus) [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 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 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 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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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 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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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:
Brown-headed Crow ( Corvus fuscicapillus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Corvus fuscicapillus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Corvus fuscicapillus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Corvus fuscicapillus [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:
Brown-headed Crow ( Corvus fuscicapillus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Corvus fuscicapillus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Corvus fuscicapillus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: nəhəng quzğun
Catalan: corb de cap bru
Czech: Vrána hnedohlavá, vrána hnědohlavá
Danish: Brunhovedet Krage
German: Braunkopfkrähe
English: Brown headed Crow, Brown-capped Crow, Brown-headed Crow
English, HBW: Brown-headed Crow
English (IOC): Brown-headed Crow
English (United States): Brown-headed Crow
Esperanto: Brunkapa korvo
Spanish: Cuervo Cabecipardo, Cuervo de Cabeza Castaña
Spanish (Spain): Cuervo Cabecipardo
Spanish (HBW): Brown-headed Crow
Estonian: pruunpea-vares
Finnish: Ruskopäävaris
French: Corbeau géant, Corneille à tête brune, Corneille aux yeux bleus
Croatian: smeđoglava vrana
Hungarian: tarkafejű varjú
Indonesian: Gagak Kepala-coklat
Italian: Corvo testabruna
Japanese (romaji): chagashiragarasu, chagashirakarasu
Japanese: チャガシラガラス
Kirghiz: дөө кузгун
Scientific: Corvus fuscicapillus, Corvus fuscicapillus fuscicapillus
Lithuanian: rudagalvė varna
Dutch: Bruinkopkraai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunhovudkråke
Norwegian: Brunhodekråke
Polish: wrona brazowoglowa, wrona brązowogłowa
Portuguese: gralha-de-cabeça-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal): gralha-de-cabeça-castanha
Russian: Буроголовая ворона, Гигантский ворон
Slovak: vrana hnedohlavá
Serbian: Smeđoglava vrana
Swedish: Brunhuvad kråka
Turkish: Kahverengi başlı karga
Tatar: зур козгын
Ukrainian: Ворона буроголова
Chinese: 棕头乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 棕頭鴉

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