Corvus albus Statius Müller, 1776 sec. Droege, G., Corvids of the World

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Corvus albus Statius Müller, 1776 sec. Droege, G., Corvids of the World

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• Editorial Status
• Common Name
• Distribution
• Brood parasite
• Ectoparasite
• Bibliography

Editorial Status

Currently not in focus of editorial work, unrevised text, last update: 2016-12-08.

Common Name

English: Pied CrowA; Estonian: pugalronk

Distribution

Africa East Tropical Africa ‒ nativeB; Northeast Tropical Africa ‒ nativeB; South Tropical Africa ‒ nativeB; Southern Africa ‒ nativeB; West Tropical Africa ‒ nativeB; West-Central Tropical Africa ‒ nativeB; Western Indian Ocean (Madagascar (Madagascar ‒ nativeB))

Brood parasite

Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)C,1

1. NW Nigeria (Sokoto), in breeding season almost every nest occupied with up to 10 cuckoo eggs found

Ectoparasite

Philopterus albidus (Piaget, 1880)D

Bibliography

A. Blair, C.M.G., Hybridization of Corvus albus and Corvus edithae in Ethiopia in The Ibis 103

B. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. 3rd Edition. 2003

C. Makatsch, W., Brood parasitism in birds. [Der Brutparasitismus in der Vogelwelt.]. 1955: 151 [8672]

D. Price & Hellenthal, Taxonomy of Philopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Corvidae (Passeriformes), with descriptions of nine new species. in Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91 (6): 785, 786 [78]