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Corvus kubaryi

[edit] Identification

38cm. Black, blue-black gloss on its tail, green-black gloss on back, underparts, head, and wings. In general, females are smaller than males.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to the Islands of Guam and Rota in the Northern Marianas Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Mature forests, coastal strand vegetations, nests only in native limestone forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects, lizards, other birds' eggs, hermit crabs, fruits, and seeds.

It builds a large, cupped platform of small sticks, lined with leaf fibres. 1-4 eggs are laid, and both parents incubate the eggs, brood the chicks, and care for the juveniles even after they fledge.

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