Sulawesi crow explained

The Sulawesi crow (Corvus celebensis) is a passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae that is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Sunda crow with the combined taxa known as the slender-billed crow.

Taxonomy

The Sulawesi crow was formally described in 1936 by the German ornithologist Erwin Stresemann based on a specimen collected near the village of Rurukan in northern Celebes (now Sulawesi). He considered the specimen to be a subspecies of the Sunda crow and coined the trinomial name Corvus enca celebensis.^{[1] [2]} It is now separated as a distinct species based on vocal and genetic differences. With the split the name of Corvus enca was changed from "slender-billed crow" to "Sunda crow".^{[3] [4]}

Two subspecies are recognised:^[3]

• C. c. celebensis Stresemann, 1936 – Sulawesi and satellites
• C. c. mangoli Vaurie, 1958 – Sula Islands (east of Sulawesi)

Notes and References

1. Stresemann . Erwin . Erwin Stresemann . 1936 . A nominal list of birds of Celebes . Ibis . 78 . 2 . 356-369 [368] . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1936.tb03380.x .
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1962 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 15 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 264 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 15 September 2024 .
4. Jønsson . K.A. . Fabre . P.-H. . Irestedt . M. . 2012 . Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 12 . 1 . 72 . 10.1186/1471-2148-12-72 . free . 3480872 .