Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 (common raven)

Aves - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Corvus according to L. Carrera et al. 2018

See also Bedetti and Pavia 2007, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Broughton 2004, Clements et al. 2017, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jaume et al. 1993, Linnaeus 1758, Miller and DeMay 1942, Parmalee 1958, Pavia and Bedetti 2003, Weesie 1988, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Corvus albicollis, Corvus albus, Corvus annectens, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus corone, Corvus cryptoleucus, Corvus frugilegus, Corvus hungaricus, Corvus leucognaphalus, Corvus macrorhynchos, Corvus monedula, Corvus moneduloides, Corvus moriorum, Corvus nasicus, Corvus ossifragus, Corvus palmarum, Corvus pliocaenus, Corvus praecorax, Corvus pumilis, Corvus shufeldti

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Newfoundland, Nunavut, Quebec collections), France (2), Greece (2), Greenland (1), Italy (4), Monaco (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (37: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Wyoming)

Total: 67 collections each including a single occurrence

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