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Jungle Crow/Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus  
Jungle Crow/Large-billed Crow
Photographer : © N Shiva Kumar
Location :Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date : 25 May 2008
English synonyms:Black Crow, Long-billed Jungle Crow, Thick-billed Crow, Indian Jungle Crow (culminatus), Eastern Jungle Crow (levaillantii), Philippine Crow (philippinus), Philippine Jungle Crow (philippinus), Sunda Crow (macrorhynchos), Southern Jungle Crow (macrorhynchos), Northern Jungle Crow (japonensis, intermedius, tibetosinensis, colonorum, mandshuricus, connectens), Yaeyama Jungle Crow (osai), Japanese Crow (japonensis), Manchurian Crow (mandshuricus), Ryukyu Crow (connectens, osai)
Bird Family :Corvini - Jays, Magpies, Treepies, Ground-jays, Nutcrackers, Choughs, Jackdaws, Crows, Rook & Ravens
Bird Group :PASSERIFORMES
Red Data Status :Least Concern
Remarks :Large Billed Crow - a prolific EGG robber during the nesting season. The egg was probably of the Blue Rock Pigeon.....The crow found it hard to crack, as it toiled with it for some time. Once it broke open, all the contents spilled and soaked into the ground. - NSK