The brown-necked raven is a larger bird than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile. The head and throat are a distinct brownish-black giving the bird its English name, while the rest of the plumage is black glossed with purple, blue or purplish-blue. Like the Common raven, Thick-billed raven and White-necked raven, it is one of the larger raven species. The smaller raven species are the Australian raven, Forest raven, Little raven, Fan-tailed raven and Chihuahuan raven with the Thick-billed raven being the world's largest raven species and the Chihuahuan raven being the smallest. The feathers of this species often fade quite quickly to a brownish black and the bird can look distinctly brown by the time it moults. The feet, legs and bill are black. The dwarf raven was formerly considered a subspecies but this bird now appears to be closer to the pied crow than this species. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Lesson, RP 1831
Reference:
Traité Orn. Tabl. Méth.
livr.5 p.329
Imprint year:
1831
Protonym:
Corvus ruficollis
Type locality:
no locality : type locality accepted as Cape Verde Archipelago, as fixed by Hartert (1921, Vog. pal. Fauna, 3, p. 2020).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111050#page/367/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
F202454550BD38CD
Avibase ID:
avibase-F2024545
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F2024545
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559511
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Corbeau brun ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2023: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis) [version 1] |
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Corvus ruficollis ruficollis [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Corvus ruficollis [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Corvus ruficollis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Corvus [ruficollis or edithae]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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