Banggai Crow

Corvus unicolor (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1900)

Banggai Crow, Corvus unicolor, is a crow of montane Peleng in the Banggai Islands east of Sulawesi, within Australasia. It belongs to the Corvidae and breeds in mountain forest above 500 m. The bird is entirely black, with a pale iris and a short tail, and it is a small crow. It was once thought to be lost, then found again on Peleng after surveys in 2007 and 2008. It has been recorded from only a very small area, and its decline is linked to habitat loss and degradation through agriculture and extraction.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae — Crows, Jays

Breeding range

Australasia: montane Peleng (Banggai Is., e of Sulawesi)