Violet crow
Species of bird
The violet crow (Corvus violaceus) is a species of the crow family, Corvidae, native to Seram, an island in Indonesia. It was long considered a subspecies of the slender-billed crow but has been shown to be divergent genetically. Violet crows have a dark black head and slightly blue black body and have a slightly shorter bill than most other crow species.
01Habitat
Violet crows primarily inhabit forests and plantations, although they move to more open areas and farmland to feed.
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.14747 1 - Corvus enca violaceus Bonaparte, 1851 - Corvidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg by Bonaparte, 1851, CC0
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