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Corvus leucognaphalus

Photo by caribemotion
Location: Los Haitises, Dominican Republic

[edit] Identification

42-46cm. Black with a bluish-purple gloss, long, deep, black bill which curves gently downward to the tip, patch of dark grey bare skin behind the eye and the base of the lower manidble has a bare strip of the same coloured skin. The iris is a distinctive reddish ochre in colour, and the legs and feet are black.

[edit] Distribution

Hispaniola

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland and mountain forest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes a large amount of fruit but a degree of invertebrate food is also taken especially when feeding young.

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