Large-billed Crow

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Corvidae (Crows)

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

巨嘴鸦 (jù-zuǐ yā) / 大嘴乌鸦 (dà zuǐ wū-yā)

    Malay : Gagak Paruh Besar

    Japanese : ハシブトガラス (hashi-buto garasu)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 嘴太烏 / 嘴太鴉 / 山烏 / 山鴉

    Size : 46–59 cm; 450–1000 g; Wingspan 100–130 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius (Adams, 1859)
  – E Afghanistan and W & N Pakistan E along Himalayas to S Xizang and N Nepal.
• Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus (Sykes, 1832) – Indian Jungle Crow
  – peninsular India, SW Nepal and Sri Lanka.
• Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii (Lesson, 1831) – Eastern Jungle Crow
  – SE Nepal, Bangladesh, NE India, Andaman Is, Myanmar and Thailand E to C & S Indochina and S to N Malay Peninsula.
• Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchos (Wagler, 1827) – Southern Jungle Crow
  – C & S Malay Peninsula and Sundas E to Romang and Sermata.
• Corvus macrorhynchos philippinus (Bonaparte, 1853) – Philippine Jungle Crow
  – Philippine Is.
• Corvus macrorhynchos tibetosinensis (O. Kleinschmidt & Weigold, 1922)
  – E & SE Tibetan Plateau and E Himalayas (E from Bhutan) E to N & NE Myanmar and extreme S China (S Qinghai S to Yunnan).
• Corvus macrorhynchos mandshuricus (Buturlin, 1913)
  – N & C Sakhalin I, Russian Far East, Korea and NE China; breeding also recorded in Transbaikalia.
• Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis (Bonaparte, 1850) – Northern Jungle Crow
  – C & S Sakhalin, S Kuril Is and Japan (S to Kyushu and Osumi Is).
• Corvus macrorhynchos connectens (Stresemann, 1916)
  – Amami-Oshima and N Ryukyu Is (Japan).
• Corvus macrorhynchos osai (Ogawa, 1905) – Yaeyama Jungle Crow
  – S Ryukyu Is.
• Corvus macrorhynchos colonorum (Swinhoe, 1864)
  – C & S China, Taiwan, Hainan I and N Indochina.

Corvus macrorhynchos ssp. macrorhynchos

Date : 07 October 2023
Location : Ulu Dedap Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak

Corvus macrorhynchos ssp. macrorhynchos

Date : 10 March 2019
Location : Seberang Perak Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak

Corvus macrorhynchos ssp. macrorhynchos

Date : 28 December 2016
Location : Batu Gajah Ex-Mining Pond, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Corvus macrorhynchos ssp. macrorhynchos

Date : 16 October 2016
Location : Taman Negara Pahang (Sungai Relau), Merapoh, Daerah Lipis, Pahang