List of Corvus species

The following is a list of all currently recognized species within the passerine bird genus Corvus.

Extant species

The genus contains 47 species:Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – house crow or Indian house crow Corvus moneduloides Lesson, RP, 1831 – New Caledonian crow Corvus typicus – piping crow or Celebes pied crow Corvus unicolor – Banggai crow Corvus enca – Sunda crow, formerly slender-billed crow Corvus celebensis Stresemann, 1936 – Sulawesi crow Corvus samarensis Steere, 1890 – Samar crow, formerly small crow Corvus sierramadrensis Rand & Rabor, 1961 – Sierra Madre crow

Corvus pusillus Tweeddale, 1878 – Palawan crow Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850 – violet crow Corvus florensis Büttikofer, 1894 – Flores crow Corvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 – Mariana crow or aga Corvus validus Bonaparte, 1850 – long-billed crow Corvus woodfordi – white-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow Corvus meeki Rothschild, 1904 – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR, 1859 – brown-headed crow Corvus tristis Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827 – grey crow or bare-faced crow Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 – Cape crow or Cape rook Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 – rook Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, CL, 1822 – American crow Corvus imparatus Peters, JL, 1929 – Tamaulipas crow Corvus sinaloae Davis, LI, 1958 –– Sinaloa crow Corvus ossifragus Wilson, A, 1812 – fish crow Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 – Hispaniolan palm crow Corvus minutus Gundlach, 1852 – Cuban palm crow Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1788 – Jamaican crow Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 – Cuban crow Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 – white-necked crow Corvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1849 – Hawaiian crow Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 – carrion crow Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 – hooded crow Corvus torquatus Lesson, RP, 1831 – collared crow Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – large-billed crow Corvus philippinus Bonaparte, 1853 – Philippine jungle crow Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 – Torresian crow or Australian crow Corvus insularis Heinroth, 1903 – Bismarck crow Corvus bennetti North, 1901 – little crow Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912 – forest raven or Tasmanian raven Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 – little raven Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Australian raven Corvus albus Müller, PLS, 1776 – pied crow Corvus ruficollis Lesson, RP, 1831 – brown-necked raven Corvus edithae Lort Phillips, 1895 – Somali crow Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 – common raven or northern raven Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 – Chihuahuan raven Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, EJO, 1918 – fan-tailed raven Corvus albicollis Latham, 1790 – white-necked raven or Cape raven Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836 – thick-billed raven

Fossil forms

Corvus galushai – Corvus praecorax – Corvus simionescui – Corvus hungaricus – Corvus moravicus – Corvus pliocaenus – Corvus antecorax – Corvus bragai – Corvus betfianus – Corvus fossilis – Corvus neomexicanus – Corvus antipodum – New Zealand raven Corvus impluviatus – high-billed crow Corvus moriorum – Chatham raven Corvus pumilis – Puerto Rican crow Corvus viriosus – robust crow Corvus sp. – New Ireland crow
The taxonomy of the C. antecorax/C. fossilis complex as well as the C. pliocaenus/C. betfianus/C. praecorax/C. simionescui, in particular the temporal succession and relationship to the living relatives, is not yet fully resolved. At least some of these "species" seem to have been direct ancestors of the living forms as listed above.

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species as species within the genus Corvus:

Western jackdaw
Daurian jackdaw
Eurasian jay
Northwestern crow. Corvus caurinus was once considered a separate species from Corvus brachyrhynchos but has since been merged into it due to genetic overlap and mating patterns.