Chihuahuan Raven
Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854
Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Chihuahuan Raven, Corvus cryptoleucus, is a passerine of the Corvidae found in North America and Middle America, from the south-western United States to northern Mexico. It is a raven with a heavy bill and a form close to the common raven, but it is around the size of a carrion crow or a little larger than an American crow. Its plumage is entirely black, with a purple-blue sheen in good light. The bill, legs and feet are black, and the nasal bristles reach unusually far down the bill.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae — Crows, Jays
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sw USA to n Mexico
