Sulawesi crow

Sulawesi crow
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Corvus
Species:	C. celebensis
Binomial name
Corvus celebensis Stresemann, 1936
Synonyms
Corvus enca celebensis (protonym)

The Sulawesi crow (Corvus celebensis) is a passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae that is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Sunda crow with the combined taxa known as the slender-billed crow.

Taxonomy

The Sulawesi crow was formally described in 1936 by the German ornithologist Erwin Stresemann based on a specimen collected near the village of Rurukan in northern Celebes (now Sulawesi). He considered the specimen to be a subspecies of the Sunda crow and coined the trinomial name Corvus enca celebensis.[1][2] It is now separated as a distinct species based on vocal and genetic differences. With the split the name of Corvus enca was changed from "slender-billed crow" to "Sunda crow".[3][4]

Two subspecies are recognised:[3]

• C. c. celebensis Stresemann, 1936 – Sulawesi and satellites
• C. c. mangoli Vaurie, 1958 – Sula Islands (east of Sulawesi)

References

1. Stresemann, Erwin (1936). "A nominal list of birds of Celebes". Ibis. 78 (2): 356-369 [368]. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1936.tb03380.x.
2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 264.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
4. Jønsson, K.A.; Fabre, P.-H.; Irestedt, M. (2012). "Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (1): 72. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-72. PMC 3480872.