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Corvus cryptoleucus

Couch, 1854

Chihuahuan Raven

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104218
Element CodeABPAV10100
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCorvidae
GenusCorvus
Other Common Names
Corbeau à cou blanc (FR) Cuervo Llanero (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Formerly known as White-necked Raven.
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
RESIDENT: from northern Sonora, southern Arizona, central New Mexico, eastern Colorado, and southern Nebraska south to central Mexico, east to western Kansas and Oklahoma. Populations in northeast are migratory southward in winter.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Arid and semiarid grassland, scrub, desert, especially in yucca-mesquite association (AOU 1983). BREEDING: Nests in trees, shrubs, on old buildings, windmills, abandoned farm machinery, utility poles; may repair and use old nest (Harrison 1979).

Reproduction

Clutch size 3-8 (usually 5-7). Incubation by both sexes, about 21 days.
Terrestrial Habitats
Shrubland/chaparralSavannaGrassland/herbaceousDesertCropland/hedgerow
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN5B,N5N
ProvinceRankNative
OklahomaS2BYes
TexasS4BYes
KansasS1Yes
ArizonaS3Yes
ColoradoS3Yes
NebraskaSUYes
New MexicoS4B,S5NYes
Roadless Areas (6)
Arizona (4)
AreaForestAcres
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
Hell HoleApache-Sitgreaves National Forests15,512
Lower San FranciscoApache-Sitgreaves National Forests59,310
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Hell HoleGila National Forest19,553
Ortega PeakLincoln National Forest11,545
References (12)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. Bent, A.C. 1946. Life histories of North American jays, crows, and titmice. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 191. Washington, D.C.
  4. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  5. Goodwin, D. 1986. Crows of the world. Second edition. Univ. Washington Press. 300 pp.
  6. Harrison, C. 1978. A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. Collins, Cleveland, Ohio.
  7. Harrison, H. H. 1979. A field guide to western birds' nests. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 279 pp.
  8. Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  9. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  10. Poole, A. F. and F. B. Gill. 1992. The birds of North America. The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. and The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  11. Sibley, D. A. 2000a. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  12. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.