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Brown-headed Crow
Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR, 1859
Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Brown-headed Crow, Corvus fuscicapillus, is a passerine crow of the family Corvidae that breeds in Australasia on Waigeo and Gam in the Raja Ampat Islands, western New Guinea and the Aru Islands. It is found in lowland forest and mangrove, with a scattered range across eastern Indonesia. The bird has a dark brownish-black head and neck, a squared tail and a large arched bill; the bill is black in males, while females and juveniles have a paler bill with a black tip. It was described by Gray, GR, 1859.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae — Crows, Jays
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Waigeo and Gam (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), w New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
