Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Corvidae (Crows and allies)

• Pyrrhocorax Tunstall, 1771 Ornithologia Britannica: seu avium omnium Britannicarum tam terrestrium, quam aquaticarum catalogus (etc.) p.2 Cornish Chough Tunstall ; Type by monotypy = Upupa pyrrhocorax Linnaeus, 1758
  • 697. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
    Original Description: Corvus Graculus Linnaeus, 1766 Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.158
    Alternative Names: Alpine Chough
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 697a. Pyrrhocorax graculus digitatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 [HB#1045]
      Original Description: Pyrrhocorax alpinus var. digitata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongolam Syrian Arabiam et Habessianiam publico institutis (etc.) sig. z
      Distribution: Gilgit, Ladakh, Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, N Bengal (historical), and Sela (W Arunachal, sporadic).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
  
  
  • 698. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Upupa Pyrrhocorax Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.118
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 698a. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax centralis Stresemann, 1928 [HB#1046]
      Original Description: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax centralis Stresemann, 1928 Journal für Ornithologie 76 p.344
      Distribution: Gilgit, Ladakh, Kashmir, and Himachal.
      Specimens: ZSI
      Notes: ZSI specimens (#31455-57) from Himachal not compared with other types but presumed to be this subspecies on range. Subspecies not always recognised (see RA2012).
    • 698b. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax himalayanus (Gould, 1862) [HB#1047]
      Original Description: Fregilus himalayanus Gould, 1862 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.125 (Kumaon)
      Distribution: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, N Bengal (historical), and W Arunachal.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1876.1.7.6 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
      Notes: Several museum specimens from the range of P. p. centralis likely labelled as this taxon. Situation not investigated further.
  
  
• Dendrocitta Gould, 1833 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London p.57 Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833; Type by monotypy
  • 699. Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)
    Alternative Names: Indian Treepie
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 699a. Dendrocitta vagabunda bristoli Paynter, 1961 [HB#1031a]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta vagabunda bristoli Paynter, 1961 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58 p.381
      Distribution: S Kashmir, Jammu, Punjab, Himachal, Punjab, and N Haryana till about Dehradun in Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, FMNH
    • 699b. Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda (Latham, 1790) [HB#1032]
      Original Description: Coracias vagabunda Latham, 1790 Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.171 (Kolkata)
      Distribution: S Haryana, Delhi region, Uttar Pradesh, east through Bihar, W Bengal, and entire NE India; south through Madhya Pradesh, E Maharashtra, NW and C Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and NE Andhra.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • 699c. Dendrocitta vagabunda behni Steinheimer, 2009 [HB#1031]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta vagabunda behni Steinheimer, 2009 Zootaxa 2149 p.21 (Mulchond, S Gujarat)
      Taxonomy: This population was initially named pallida but assigned a new name by Steinheimer (2009).
      Distribution: W India – Rajasthan, Gujarat (absent in Kachchh), W Maharashtra, W Madhya Pradesh, and NW Karnataka.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#388673 (Holotype).
      Specimens: AMNH
    • 699d. Dendrocitta vagabunda parvula Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 [HB#1033]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta vagabunda parvula Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 no.3 p.515 (Malabar)
      Taxonomy: New name for Corvus rufus Latham 1790.
      Distribution: SW coast and W Ghats from C Karnataka, through Kerala and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, USNM, YPM
    • 699e. Dendrocitta vagabunda pallida (Blyth, 1846) [HB#1034]
      Original Description: Crypsirina pallida Blyth, 1846 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 15, N° 169 p.30 (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
      Taxonomy: Type of pallida in ZMB was found to be a senior synonym of vernayi Whistler & Kinnear 1930 – contra RA2012. Type locality follows Steinheimer (2009, Zootaxa 2149: 16).
      Distribution: SE India – from Andhra south of Godavari river, S Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu (including the outcrops like Nilgiris).
      Type Specimen: ZMB#2002.601 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, ZMB, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, HYD
  
  
  • 700. Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863
    Original Description: Dendrocitta sinensis var. formosae Swinhoe, 1863 Ibis p.387
    Alternative Names: Himalayan Treepie
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 700a. Dendrocitta formosae occidentalis Ticehurst, 1925 [HB#1037]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta formosae occidentalis Ticehurst, 1925 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 46 p.22 (Shimla)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from SW Kashmir, Jammu, through Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.3.1.702 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM
    • 700b. Dendrocitta formosae himalayana Jerdon, 1864 [HB#1038]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta himalayana Jerdon, 1864 The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India: with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India 3 ("2 pt2") p.847 (Sikkim)
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, BNHM
    • 700c. Dendrocitta formosae sarkari Kinnear & Whistler, 1930 [HB#1039]
      Original Description: Dendrocitta formosae sarkari Kinnear & Whistler, 1930 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 51 p.17 (Ananthagiri, Alluri Sitharama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh)
      Taxonomy: Not always recognised and synonymised with himalayana (RA2012).
      Distribution: NE Ghats from N Odisha till NE Andhra and Godavari river.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1937.12.21.49 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, FMNH
  
  
  • 701. White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833 [HB#1036]
    Original Description: Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, no.5 p.57 (Malabar coast)
    Alternative Names: Southern Treepie
    Distribution: W Ghats from south of Goa and NW Karnataka till southern tip in Kanyakumari district. – extending east to outcrops like Nilgiri, Palani, and Varusanadu hills.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1876.1.7.21 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM, YPM, TNHM, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Western Ghats.
    Notes: Reports from Palmaner (SE Ghats), Bengaluru, and Gawilghur hills (C India) all remain unverified. Has been sight reported from Biligirirangans once where it could occur – but confirmation is desirable.
  
  
  • 702. Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield, 1840 [HB#1035]
    Original Description: Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield, 1840 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt7 no.82 p.163 (Assam)
    Alternative Names: Black-browed Treepie
    Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, E Assam; locally in Assam plains of Brahmaputra, Cachar, and Manipur.
    Type Specimen: NHMUK#1880.1.1.4527 (Holotype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: Reports from Nagaland and Meghalaya (Khasi hills) in AR2001 remain unverified.
  
  
  • 703. Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleii Tytler, 1863 [HB#1040]
    Original Description: Dendrocitta bailei Tytler, 1863 Ibis p.119 (Andaman Is)
    Distribution: N, Middle, S, and Little Andaman Is. as well as the islets of Interview, Long, Havelock, Neil, and Rutland Is.
    Type Specimen: ZSI#35386 (Syntype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, MCZ, ROM
    IUCN: Near Threatened. SoIB: High. WLPA: Schedule-I.
    Endemic: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
  
  
• Cissa Boie, 1826 Isis 18,19 col.975 Coracias sinensis Gmelin, 1788; Type by monotypy = Coracias chinensis Boddaert, 1783
  • 704. Common Green-Magpie Cissa chinensis (Boddaert, 1783)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 704a. Cissa chinensis chinensis (Boddaert, 1783) [HB#1023]
      Original Description: Coracias chinensis Boddaert, 1783 Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.38
      Distribution: Uttarakhand, N Bihar, N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
  
  
• Urocissa Cabanis, 1851 Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.87 Cuculus sinensis auct. not of Linnaeus ; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum, p.63) = Corvus erythrorhynchus Boddaert, 1783
  • 705. Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth, 1846)
    Alternative Names: Gold-billed Magpie
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 705a. Urocissa flavirostris cucullata Gould, 1861 [HB#1025]
      Original Description: Urocissa cucullata Gould, 1861 The birds of Asia pl.51 (Kullu, Himachal)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Kashmir, through Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1876.1.7.89 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • 705b. Urocissa flavirostris flavirostris (Blyth, 1846) [HB#1026]
      Original Description: Psilorhinus flavirostris Blyth, 1846 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15 p.28 (Darjeeling)
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal.
      Type Specimen: ZSI#35379 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMZC, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • [Urocissa flavirostris schaeferi Sick, 1939 ]
      Original Description: Urocissa flavirostris schaferi Sick, 1939 Ornithologische Monatsberichte 47 p.78
      Distribution: Manipur and Mizoram.
      Notes: Sight reports not evaluated – but possibly correct and this is the likely subspecies (AR2001, RA2012).
  
  
  • 706. Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha (Boddaert, 1783)
    Original Description: Corvus erythrorynchus Boddaert, 1783 Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.38
    Alternative Names: Blue Magpie
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 706a. Urocissa erythroryncha occipitalis (Blyth, 1846) [HB#1027]
      Original Description: Psilorhinus occipitalis Blyth, 1846 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 15, N° 169 p.27 (Nepal . . . Mussoorie, etc.)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from S Jammu, through Himachal, Uttarakhand, N Bengal, and Sikkim.
      Type Specimen: ZSI#35381 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM
    • 706b. Urocissa erythroryncha magnirostris (Blyth, 1846) [HB#1028]
      Original Description: Psilorhinus magnirostris Blyth, 1846 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 15, N° 169 p.27-28
      Distribution: Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ
      Notes: Cachar reports (AR2001) not verified.
  
  
• Garrulus Brisson, 1760 Ornithologia sive synopsis methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera, species, ipsarumaque varietates 1 p.30 Garrulus Brisson ; Type by tautonymy = Corvus glandarius Linnaeus, 1758
  • 707. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Corvus glandarius Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.106
    Alternative Names: Red-crowned Jay
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 707a. Garrulus glandarius bispecularis Vigors, 1831 [HB#1020]
      Original Description: Garrulus bispecularis Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.7 (Shimla-Almora districts, W Himalaya)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Kashmir, through Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
    • 707b. Garrulus glandarius interstinctus Hartert, 1918 [HB#1021]
      Original Description: Garrulus bispecularis interstinctus Hartert, 1918 Novitates Zoologicae 25 p.430 (Darjeeling)
      Taxonomy: Includes azureitinctus Koelz 1951 from Karong, Manipur.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal (till Walong region), Nagaland, Manipur (W and C), and Mizoram.
      Type Specimen: AMNH#676626 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM
      Notes: Reports from Mizoram may also be of haringtoni Rippon 1905 that occurs in Mt. Victoria, Chin hills, Myanmar.
    • 707c. Garrulus glandarius persaturatus Hartert, 1918 [HB#1021]
      Original Description: Garrulus bispecularis persaturatus Hartert, 1918 Novitates Zoologicae 25 p.430 (Shillong, Khasi hills, Meghalaya)
      Taxonomy: AR2001 includes it as a synonym of interstinctus.
      Distribution: Khasi hills (Meghalaya).
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.3.1.924 (Holotype).
      Specimens: NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH
      Notes: Subspecies threatened with no recent reports.
    • 707d. Garrulus glandarius oatesi Sharpe, 1896
      Original Description: Garrulus oatesi Sharpe, 1896 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 5 p.44
      Distribution: E Manipur.
      Notes: Photographs likely of this subspecies.
  
  
  • 708. Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1830 [HB#1022]
    Original Description: Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1830 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.1 p.7 (Shimla-Almora Distict)
    Alternative Names: Black-throated Jay
    Distribution: Gilgit (locally), Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand. Straggler to N Bengal.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, RBINS, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
• Pica Brisson, 1760 Ornithologia sive synopsis methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera, species, ipsarumaque varietates 1 p.30 Pica Brisson ; Type by tautonymy = Corvus pica Linnaeus, 1758
  • 709. Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis Delessert, 1840 [HB#1030]
    Original Description: Pica Bottanensis Delessert, 1840 Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 3ème Année p.100
    Taxonomy: Sometimes continues to be treated as a subspecies of P. pica (HBW/BLI).
    Alternative Names: [Black-billed Magpie]
    Distribution: Vagrant. Reported from N W Bengal.
    IUCN: Not Recognised. WLPA: Recent addition.
    Notes: See Bhattacharyya (2023, IB 19 (2): 49).
  
  
  • 710. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Corvus pica Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.106
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 710a. Pica pica bactriana Bonaparte, 1850 [HB#1029]
      Original Description: Pica bactriana Bonaparte, 1850 Conspectus generum avium 1 p.383
      Distribution: Trans-Himalaya of Gilgit and Ladakh.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, ROM, USNM
  
  
• Nucifraga Brisson, 1760 Ornithologia sive synopsis methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera, species, ipsarumaque varietates 1 p.30 Nucifraga Brisson ; Type by tautonymy = Corvus caryocatactes Linnaeus, 1758
  • 711. Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila Vigors, 1831
    Taxonomy: Formerly treated as a subspecies of N. caryocatactes.
    Alternative Names: Southern Nutcracker; [Eurasian Nutcracker]
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 711a. Nucifraga hemispila hemispila Vigors, 1831 [HB#1043]
      Original Description: Nucifraga hemispila Vigors, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 p.8 (Shimla-Almora districts, W Himalaya)
      Taxonomy: Contrary to AR2001 statement, no specimens have been located that are of intergrades with Kashmir Nutcracker (RA2012).
      Distribution: Himachal and Uttarakhand.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, LKO
      Notes: Reports exist from Lahaul-Spiti region as well; confirmation of its co-existence with Kashmir Nutcracker desirable.
    • 711b. Nucifraga hemispila macella Thayer & Bangs, 1909 [HB#1044]
      Original Description: Nucifraga hemispila macella Thayer & Bangs, 1909 Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52 (8) p.140
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal east till Walong region.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH
  
  
  • 712. Kashmir Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata Gould, 1849 [HB#1042]
    Original Description: Nucifraga multipunctata Gould, 1849 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 17, p. 23 (Kashmir north of the Pir Panjal Range)
    Alternative Names: Large-spotted Nutcracker
    Distribution: W Himalaya of Gilgit, Kashmir, Jammu, till NW Himachal (Lahaul-Spiti region).
    Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
• Coloeus Kaup, 1829 Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt (etc.) p.114 Corvus monedula Linnaeus, 1758; Type by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum, p.64)
  • 713. Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Original Description: Corvus Monedula Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.106
    Alternative Names: Western Jackdaw, Jackdaw
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 713a. Coloeus monedula soemmerringii (Fischer von Waldheim, 1811) [HB#1053]
      Original Description: Corvus Soemmerringii Fischer von Waldheim, 1811 Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 3 p.3, pl.
      Distribution: Kashmir and Ladakh. Straggler to adjacent areas further south.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH
  
  
• Corvus Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105 Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758; Type by tautonymy
  • 714. Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 714a. Corvus frugilegus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 [HB#1052]
      Original Description: Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105
      Taxonomy: Includes tschusii Hartert 1903 from Gilgit.
      Distribution: Winter: Gilgit (historical), Ladakh, and Jammu.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, MCZ, USNM
      Notes: Kashmir reports not verified.
  
  
  • 715. Pied Crow Corvus albus Müller, 1776
    Original Description: Corvus albus Müller, 1776 Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.85
    Distribution: Vagrant. Reported from Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Visakhapatnam (N Andhra), and Pulicat (Tamil Nadu).
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: See Saikia & Goswami (2017, IB 13 (6): 147), Praveen et el. (2019, IB 15 (1): 6, Babu 2025, IB 21 (5): 152) for an analysis.
  
  
  • 716. Common Raven Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758
    Original Description: Corvus Corax Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105
    Alternative Names: Northern Raven
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 716a. Corvus corax laurencei Hume, 1873 [HB#1059]
      Original Description: Corvus corax laurencei Hume, 1873 Lahore to Yārkand (etc.) p.235
      Taxonomy: AR2001 treated it as a synonym of subcorax Severtzov 1872.
      Distribution: NW India – Punjab (historical), W Rajasthan, SW Haryana (once), and Kachchh (Gujarat).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
      Notes: Reports from Vidarbha and Mhow in AR2001 not evaluated here.
    • 716b. Corvus corax tibetanus Hodgson, 1849 [HB#1060]
      Original Description: Corvus Tibetanus Hodgson, 1849 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser. 2, vol. III, N° 15 p.203
      Distribution: Along the Himalaya including the foothills from Gilgit, Ladakh, Kashmir, Himachal, adjoining Punjab and Haryana, and N Sikkim.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM
  
  
  • 717. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758
    Original Description: Corvus Cornix Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105
    Taxonomy: Sometimes treated as a subspecies of C. corone (Avilist).
    IUCN: Not Recognised. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 717a. Corvus cornix sharpii Oates, 1889 [HB#1058a]
      Original Description: Corvus sharpii Oates, 1889 The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. 1st ed. vol. 1 p.20 (in text)
      Distribution: Gilgit (historical) and Ladakh (once).
      Specimens: ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH
      Notes: Kashmir reports (AR2001) not verified.
  
  
  • 718. Carrion Crow Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758
    Original Description: Corvus Corone Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.105
    IUCN: Least Concern. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 718a. Corvus corone orientalis Eversmann, 1841 [HB#1058]
      Original Description: Corvus orientalis Eversmann, 1841 Addenda ad celeberrimi Pallasii Zoographiam Rosso-Asiaticam 3 p.7
      Distribution: Gilgit, Ladakh, and Kashmir.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH
  
  
  • 719. House Crow Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Not scheduled.
    • 719a. Corvus splendens zugmayeri Laubmann, 1913 [HB#1048]
      Original Description: Corvus splendens zugmayeri Laubmann, 1913 Ornithologische Monatsberichte 21 p.93
      Taxonomy: Gilgit and Ladakh birds not sampled but tentatively parked here.
      Distribution: Gilgit, Ladakh, Kashmir, Jammu, and Punjab.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, USNM
    • 719b. Corvus splendens splendens Vieillot, 1817 [HB#1049]
      Original Description: Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.44 (Bengal)
      Taxonomy: Lakshadweep Is population has been suggested to belong to maledivicus Reichenow 1904 (eBird/Clements); but the specimens (NHMUK#1886.3.1.281–282) have not been validated. They tend to get extinct in some islands only to reappear after sometime (Aju et al. 2021, IB 17 (2): 34); source population of such birds is unknown but probably are ship-assisted from the mainland.
      Distribution: Throughout India, south of Himachal, west till Kachchh, east till all NE hill states and south till N Tamil Nadu. Introduced in Andaman & Nicobar Is and Lakshadweep Is (multiple islands including Minicoy Is.).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, HYD, LKO, FTLB, BNHM
    • 719c. Corvus splendens protegatus Madarász, 1904 [HB#1050]
      Original Description: Corvus protegatus Madarász, 1904 Ornithologische Monatsberichte 12 p.195
      Taxonomy: Exact limits of intergradation of this subspecies with the nominate has not been worked out.
      Distribution: S India – Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
      Specimens: YPM, TNHM
  
  
  • 720. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827
    Original Description: Corvus Macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 Systema Avium Corvus [p.313] sp.3
    Taxonomy: Birds split distinctly into two groups – a mountain group (intermedius and tibetosinensis) and a plains group (levaillantii and culminatus).
    Alternative Names: Jungle Crow; [Indian Jungle Crow, Eastern Jungle Crow]
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 720a. Corvus macrorhynchos tibetosinensis Kleinschmidt & Weigold, 1922 [HB#1056]
      Original Description: Corvus macrorhynchos tibetosinensis Kleinschmidt & Weigold, 1922 Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 15 (3) p.2
      Distribution: N Arunachal.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, FMNH, USNM, YPM
      Notes: Museum specimens might need reverification as to this or intermedius.
    • 720b. Corvus macrorhynchos intermedius Adams, 1859 [HB#1054]
      Original Description: Corvus intermedius Adams, 1859 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 27 p.171 (in text) (Kashmir)
      Taxonomy: N Bengal and Sikkim birds are intermediate between this and tibetosinensis; parked under this subspecies for the time being.
      Distribution: Along the Himalaya from Gilgit, Ladakh, Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, Uttarakhand, N Bengal, and Sikkim.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM
    • 720c. Corvus macrorhynchos levaillantii Lesson, 1831 [HB#1055]
      Original Description: Corvus Levaillantii Lesson, 1831 Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.5 p.328 (Bengal)
      Taxonomy: Sometimes accorded species status (see RA2012, IOC). Includes andamanensis Tytler = Beaven 1866 from Port Blair, S Andaman Is.
      Distribution: E India from about W Bengal, east to Assam, adjoining Arunachal, and all NE hill states.
      Type Specimen: MNHN#2011-576 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, MNHN, UMMZ, AMNH
    • 720d. Corvus macrorhynchos culminatus Sykes, 1832 [HB#1057]
      Original Description: Corvus culminatus Sykes, 1832 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 p.96 (Pune)
      Taxonomy: Sometimes accorded species status (see RA2012, IOC). Intergrades with levaillantii in W Bengal.
      Distribution: Entire India south of Himachal till the southern tip of the peninsula; east till about W Bengal. Also, Andaman Is.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1860.4.16.543 (Syntype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, AMNH, TNHM, MYS, HYD, FTLB