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Photo by rony_roshtov
Location: Eylat, Israel

Corvus splendens

[edit] Identification

40 cm. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are black, neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in colour. The wings, tail and legs are black.

[edit] Distribution

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and India, South West Thailand and coastal southern Iran. Spreads to Eastern Africa (as blind passengers on ships) and the Middle East.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of five subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Small villages to large cities.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes human scraps, small reptiles and other animals such as insects and other small invertebrates, eggs, nestlings, grain and fruits.

It lays 3-6 eggs in a typical stick nest, and occasionally there are several nests in the same tree. In South Asia they are parasitized by the Asian Koel.

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