Species of bird
The Somali crow , or dwarf raven (Corvus edithae ), is approximately the size (44–46 cm in length) of the carrion crow , Corvus corone but with a longer bill and a somewhat more brownish cast to the feathers, especially when worn.
This species occurs principally in Somalia , Djibouti , the Ogaden and the Northern Frontier District in the Horn of Africa , and can be distinguished from the larger brown-necked raven C. ruficollis by its call, appearance and differences in its behaviour.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the larger brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis ), but is now considered to be a distinct species .
This crow is thought to be closer to the pied crow C. albus by some authorities, especially in its behaviour, than to the brown-necked raven. Hybrid birds between the pied crow and the Somali crow appear to reinforce this close relationship where the two species meet.
The nest is a ravenlike bulky structure set in either a lone tree or on telegraph poles. It will nest on cliffs in coastal regions or areas where trees are unavailable. The 3-5 eggs are laid in April and early May.
The voice is described as a harsh "caw" rather like the rook, Corvus frugilegus of Eurasia .
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Alpine chough (P. graculus) Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax)
Hooded treepie (C. cucullata) Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia) Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi) Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) Grey treepie (D. formosae) Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis) White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra) Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis) Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda) Black magpie (P. leucopterus)Bornean black magpie (P. l. aterrimus) Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus)
Common green magpie (C. chinensis) Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca) Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi) Javan green magpie (C. thalassina) Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea) Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris) Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata) White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi)
Eurasian jay (G. glandarius) Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus) Lidth's jay (G. lidthi) Biddulph's ground jay (P. biddulphi) Henderson's ground jay (P. hendersoni) Pander's ground jay (P. panderi) Persian ground jay (P. pleskei)
Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)
Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana)
Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia) Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli) Eurasian magpie (P. pica) Oriental magpie (P. sericea) Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica) Asir magpie (P. asirensis) Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis)
Australian and Melanesian speciesLittle crow (C. bennetti) Australian raven (C. coronoides) Bismarck crow (C. insularis) Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus) Bougainville crow (C. meeki) Little raven (C. mellori) New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides) Torresian crow (C. orru) Forest raven (C. tasmanicus) Grey crow (C. tristis) Long-billed crow (C. validus) White-billed crow (C. woodfordi) Pacific island speciesHawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis) Mariana crow (C. kubaryi) Tropical Asian speciesSlender-billed crow (C. enca) Flores crow (C. florensis) Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos) Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii) Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus) House crow (C. splendens) Collared crow (C. torquatus) Piping crow (C. typicus) Banggai crow (C. unicolor) Violet crow (C. violaceus) Eurasian and North African speciesMesopotamian crow (C. capellanus) Hooded crow (C. cornix) Carrion crow (C. corone) Rook (C. frugilegus) Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis) Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus) Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis) Holarctic speciesCommon raven (C. corax) North and Central American speciesAmerican crow (C. brachyrhynchos) Northwestern crow (C. caurinus) Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus) Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus) Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis) White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus) Cuban crow (C. nasicus) Fish crow (C. ossifragus) Palm crow (C. palmarum) Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae) Tropical African speciesWhite-necked raven (C. albicollis) Pied crow (C. albus) Cape crow (C. capensis) Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris) Somali crow (C. edithae)
Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus ) Western jackdaw (C. monedula )
Iberian magpie (C. cooki) Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus)
Canada jay (P. canadensis) Siberian jay (P. infaustus) Sichuan jay (P. internigrans)
California scrub jay (A. californica) Island scrub jay (A. insularis) Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii) Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens) Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina) Unicolored jay (A. unicolor) Mexican jay (A. wollweberi) Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei) White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa) Blue jay (C. cristata) Steller's jay (C. stelleri) Black-chested jay (C. affinis) Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii) Azure jay (C. caeruleus) Cayenne jay (C. cayanus) Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops) Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus) Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas) White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon) Tufted jay (C. dickeyi) Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini) Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus) Brown jay (C. morio) White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis) San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus) Violaceous jay (C. violaceus) Green jay (C. ynca) Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus) Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula) Black-collared jay (C. armillata) Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata) White-throated jay (C. mirabilis) Dwarf jay (C. nana) Beautiful jay (C. pulchra) Black-throated jay (C. pumilo) Turquoise jay (C. turcosa) White-collared jay (C. viridicyana) Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus)
Wikidata: Q1301945 Wikispecies: Corvus edithae BirdLife: 22732286 eBird: somcro2 GBIF: 5788768 iNaturalist: 72763 ITIS: 916635 IUCN: 22732286 NCBI: 1196281 Xeno-canto: Corvus-edithae