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The Indian jungle crow is a species of crow found across the Indian Subcontinent south of the Himalayas. It is very common and readily distinguished from the house crow which has a grey neck.
Scientific Name : Corvus culminatus
Family : Corvidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Crows, Jays, Ravens And Magpies
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 42 cm
Compare Size : Crow +
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Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : mainly March–April in northern India and earlier in south India
Other Names :
English : Jungle crow, Thick-billed crow
Marathi : डोमकावळा, जंगली कावळा
Habitat:
The Indian jungle crow is found across mainland India south of the foothills of the Himalayas, east of the desert regions of northwestern India and having an eastern limit around Bengal
Breeding:
The usual clutch is three to five pale blue-green eggs speckled with brown
Feeding:
It is an opportunist and generalist omnivore
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Bill | heavy and black; but without an arching culmen (upper edge of the upper mandible) and has a fine tip |
| Tail | rounded |
| Legs | stout |
| Note : all-black body, The feathers have a purple gloss throughout |
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