The high-billed crow or deep-billed crow (Corvus impluviatus) was a species of large, raven-sized crow that was endemic to the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It was pushed to extinction due to the arrival of people and pests like rats.
High-billed crow Temporal range: Holocene
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These fossils represent one or two of the slender-billed crow (Corvus viriosus) and the deep-billed crow (C. impluviatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Corvus |
Species: | †C. impluviatus
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Binomial name | |
†Corvus impluviatus Olson & James, 1991
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References
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- Milberg, Per; Tyrberg, Tommy (1993). "Naïve birds and noble savages. A review of man-caused prehistoric extinctions of island birds". Ecography. 16 (3): 229–250. Bibcode:1993Ecogr..16..229M. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1993.tb00213.x.229-250&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1993.tb00213.x&rft_id=info:bibcode/1993Ecogr..16..229M&rft.aulast=Milberg&rft.aufirst=Per&rft.au=Tyrberg, Tommy&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:High-billed crow" class="Z3988">
- TenBruggencate, Jan (2007-08-07). "Oahu sinkholes yield extinct birds". The Honolulu Advertiser.