Prakruti Parichay
CorvidaeCorvus

Brown-necked Raven

Corvus ruficollis

52–56 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Pakistan. From Large-billed Crow by brown cast to head, neck and breast. in bright light. or when worn, brown of neck is often not apparent. Compared with Large - billed, has raven - like a ppearance, with longer and more angled wings showing more pronounced fingered primaries, and more markedly wedge-shaped tail. Very similar to Punjab Raven, which also has brownish cast to ead and neck, and best told by thinner bill, less shaggy throat owing to shorter throat hackles, and slimmer build; at rest folded wings reach tail-tip (falling slightly short of tail on Punjab Raven) Desert.

Colour

Brown
Average size
54 cm
Habitat
ead and neck, and best told by thinner bill, less shaggy throat owing to shorter throat hackles, and slimmer build, at rest folded wings reach tail-tip (falling slightly short of tail on Punjab Raven) Desert.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Pakistan. From Large-billed Crow by brown cast to head, neck and breast. in bright light. or when worn, brown of neck is often not apparent. Compared with Large - billed, has raven - like a ppearance, with longer and more angled wings showing more pronounced fingered primaries, and more markedly wedge-shaped tail. Very similar to Punjab Raven, which also has brownish cast to ead and neck, and best told by thinner bill, less shaggy throat owing to shorter throat hackles, and slimmer build; at rest folded wings reach tail-tip (falling slightly short of tail on Punjab Raven) Desert.

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Brown-necked Raven is bigger than Sri Lanka Junglefowl but smaller than Andaman Serpent Eagle.

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Brown-necked Raven

Corvus ruficollis

52–56 cm