House Crow Corvus splendens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (68)
- Subspecies (5)
Steve Madge
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 12, 2016
Text last updated April 12, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Huiskraai |
| Arabic | غراب دوري |
| Assamese | পাতি কাউৰী |
| Asturian | Cuerva india |
| Bangla | পাতিকাক |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | পাতিকাক |
| Bangla (India) | পাতিকাক |
| Basque | Bele indiarra |
| Bulgarian | Домашна врана |
| Catalan | corb de l'Índia |
| Chinese | 家烏鴉 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 家鴉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 家鸦 |
| Croatian | indijska vrana |
| Czech | vrána domácí |
| Danish | Huskrage |
| Dutch | Huiskraai |
| English | House Crow |
| English (AVI) | House Crow |
| English (United States) | House Crow |
| Estonian | õuevares |
| Finnish | intianvaris |
| French | Corbeau familier |
| French (Canada) | Corbeau familier |
| Galician | Gralla india |
| German | Glanzkrähe |
| Greek | Ινδική Κουρούνα |
| Gujarati | કાગડો |
| Hebrew | עורב הודי |
| Hindi | कौवा |
| Hungarian | Indiai varjú |
| Icelandic | Bæjakráka |
| Indonesian | Gagak rumah |
| Japanese | イエガラス |
| Kannada | ಬೂದುಕಾಗೆ |
| Kashmiri (India) | کاو |
| Konkani | कावळो |
| Korean | 집까마귀 |
| Ladakhi | ཕོ་རོག |
| Lithuanian | Indinė varna |
| Malayalam | കാവതിക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | कावळा |
| Nepali (India) | काग |
| Nepali (Nepal) | घर काग |
| Norwegian | huskråke |
| Odia | କାଉ |
| Persian | کلاغ هندی |
| Polish | wrona orientalna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gralha-indiana |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਾਂ |
| Romanian | Cioară indiană cu gât sur |
| Russian | Домовая ворона |
| Serbian | Indijska vrana |
| Slovak | vrana lesklá |
| Slovenian | Domača vrana |
| Spanish | Cuervo Indio |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cuervo Indio |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cuervo indio |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Cuervo de la India |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuervo indio |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cuervo Indio |
| Swedish | huskråka |
| Tamil (India) | காகம் |
| Telugu | కాకి |
| Thai | อีแก |
| Turkish | Ev Kargası |
| Ukrainian | Ворона індійська |
| Zulu | igwababa ledolobha |
Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817
PROTONYM:
Corvus splendens
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8, p.44.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bengal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Corvus splendens zugmayeri Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE Iran and C and S Pakistan E to NW and NC India.
Corvus splendens zugmayeri Laubmann, 1913
PROTONYM:
Corvus splendens zugmayeri
Laubmann, 1913. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 21, p.93.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Las Belas, Baluchistan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
- zugmayeri
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Corvus splendens splendens Scientific name definitions
Distribution
most of peninsular India (excluding NW part and coastal Kerala) and Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and SW Myanmar.
Corvus splendens splendens Vieillot, 1817
PROTONYM:
Corvus splendens
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8, p.44.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bengal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Corvus splendens protegatus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SW India (S from N Kerala and W Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka and, perhaps introduced, Laccadive Is and Maldive Is.
Corvus splendens protegatus Madarász, 1904
PROTONYM:
Corvus protegatus
Madarász, 1904. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 12, p.195.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mount Lavinia, Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
- protegatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Corvus splendens maledivicus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Laccadive and Maldive islands
Corvus splendens maledivicus Reichenow, 1904
PROTONYM:
Corvus splendens maledivicus
Reichenow, 1904. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 7, p.356.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Suvadiva Islands, southern Maldives.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
- maldivarum / maldivus / maledivicus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Corvus splendens insolens Scientific name definitions
Distribution
S Tibet, S Yunnan, Myanmar (including Tenasserim), formerly also SW Thailand.
Corvus splendens insolens Hume, 1874
PROTONYM:
Corvus insolens
Hume, 1874. Stray Feathers 2, no. 6, p.480 (in text).
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tenasserim.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- splendens
- insolens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the House Crow
