Guadalcanal Crow Corvus woodfordi Scientific name definitions

40–41 cm; male 615 g, ­female 555–568 g, unsexed 375–568 g. Medium-sized, short-tailed crow with massive dark-tipped pale bill , culmen strongly arched; nasal bristles parted at forehead; feathers of head and neck fine and silky. Plumage is entirely black , somewhat glossed green (those on Choiseul slightly glossier); iris brown or grey to dull bluish-white; bill ivory-coloured with black tip (often appears pale pink in life); bare purplish-red inter-ramal skin on side of chin; legs black, soles orange. Sexes similar, male larger than female (especially on Choiseul and Santa Isabel). Juvenile undescribed.

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Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Guadalcanal, in C & SE Solomon Is.

Lowland and montane rainforest to 1000 m, rarely to 1250 m; more common in hills. Frequents forest interior and forest edge, and may forage in nearby coconut (Cocos nucifera) plantations.

Resident, with no records outside normal distribution. Flocks are apparently mobile locally.

Omnivorous. Food insects, mainly beetles (Coleoptera), also fruits. Forages singly, in pairs and in small groups in forest canopy. Gleans unobtrusively in foliage.

Series of staccato cawing notes , higher-pitched and more rapid than those of C. orru.

Three of four adult females were approaching breeding condition in Jun–Jul, suggesting laying in austral spring. No further information available.

Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Solomon Group EBA. Locally common within small global distribution, where seen in small flocks. Biology very poorly known.