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White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus Cuervo Cuelliblanco |
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Photo: P. Genaro Rodrφguez
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White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus Cuervo Cuelliblanco |
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Photo: P. Genaro Rodrφguez
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A noisy, medium-sized black bird with a red eye. The white feathers at the base of the neck are rarely visible. Length: 48-51 cm. Range: Hispaniola. Formerly common on Puerto Rico, but hunted to extinction in the middle of the last century. A candidate for reintroduction into Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: CORVIDAE |
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References Biaggi, V. 1997. Las aves de Puerto Rico, 4th ed. Univ. de PR Press, Rφo Piedras. Latta, S. C. 2002. Aves comunes de la Rep·blica Dominicana. Sociedad Ornitol≤gica de la Hispaniola, Santo Domingo. Madge, S. and H. Burn 1994. Crows and Jays. Princeton University Press. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. White-necked Crow, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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