Family Crows and Jays (Corvidae)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Taxonomy
Corvus albus
Statius Müller
, 1776,Senegal
.Closely related to C. ruficollis and C. edithae; in NE of range hybridizes frequently with latter (which see). Despite extensive range, little variation of any significance is apparent (birds in far N have somewhat larger bill than those in S), and no races described. Monotypic.
Almost the whole of sub-Saharan Africa S from c. 17° N in Mauritania and Mali, C Chad and 20° N on Red Sea coast of Sudan (absent from extensive tracts of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, from the most arid regions of Namibia, W Botswana and Kalahari Basin of NW South Africa, and from higher elevations of Lesotho); present on islands of Bioko, Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia (off Tanzania), and Comoro Is, Aldabra, Glorieuses Is and Madagascar; recently discovered breeding in Western Sahara#R; also Europa I, where possibly introduced#R.
An additional publication on the Pied Crow
Hi.
I can add to the list of the section "Bibliography" a short paper on the species we published some years ago, entitled:
Martínez, J.M. & Barone, R. (2006) Observation d'un Corbeau Pie Corvus albus en haute mer près des îles Canaries et du Sahara Occidental. Alauda 74 (2): 275-276.
Best regards.