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The official RAOU checklist listed three species (Australian raven, Torresian crow and little crow), with the little raven recognised as a fourth species in 1967 and forest raven in 1970. Stresemann described C. difficilis in 1943 from a single specimen, now thought to have been an unusual Australian raven or an Australian raven/Torresian crow ...
The Torresian crow (Corvus orru), also called the Australian crow or Papuan crow, is a passerine bird in the crow family native to the north and west of Australia and nearby islands in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The species has a black plumage, beak and mouth with white irises. The base of the feathers on the head and neck are white.
Euploea core, also known as the common crow, [2] [3] is a common butterfly found in South Asia [2] to Australia. In India it is also sometimes referred to as the common Indian crow, [3] and in Australia as the Australian crow. [3] It belongs to the crows and tigers subfamily Danainae (tribe Danaini). [3]
The little crow (Corvus bennetti) is an Australian species of crow, very similar to the Torresian crow in having white bases to the neck and head feathers (shown when ruffled in strong wind) but slightly smaller (38–45 cm in length) and with a slightly smaller bill.
Corvus mellori – Little raven (southeastern Australia) Corvus rhipidurus – Fan-tailed raven (eastern Africa and Arabian peninsula) Corvus ruficollis – Brown-necked raven (northern Africa, Arabian peninsula, greater Middle East) Corvus tasmanicus – Forest raven (Tasmania, southern Victoria and north-east New South Wales in Australia)
This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald.
The common name comes from the call of the familiar pied currawong of eastern Australia and is onomatopoeic. They were formerly known as crow-shrikes or bell-magpies. Despite their resemblance to crows and ravens, they are only distantly related to the corvidae, instead belonging to an Afro-Asian radiation of birds of superfamily Malaconotoidea.
Pied crow-shrike is an old vernacular name from colonial days, [11] [14] and the term "pied" refers to two or more colors in blotches. Other common names include pied chillawong, currawang, charawack, kurrawack, tallawong, tullawong, mutton-bird, Otway forester, and pied afternoon-tea bird.