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Photo by arthurgrosset in Najasa, Cuba.

Corvus palmarum

Includes Cuban Palm Crow and Hispaniolan Palm Crow

[edit] Identification

The Palm Crow is classified as Endangered.

[edit] Similar Species

It is similar to the Cuban Crow but is smaller, with shorter wings and elongated tufts over the upper mandible.

[edit] Distribution

Dominican Republic, Haiti and W Cuba.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies:

• C. p. palmarum
• C. p. minutus

Minutus (pictured above) is slightly smaller and is sometimes given full species status as Cuban Palm Crow. The remaining palmarum would be named Hispaniolan Palm Crow then.

Both forms appear to be closely related to the Fish Crow of the eastern seaboard of the United States and also two smaller species, the Tamaulipas Crow and Sinaloa Crow of Mexico and forms a species group with them.

[edit] Habitat

Mountain pine forests.

[edit] Behaviour

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