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- Corvus splendens
Identification
40 cm. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are black, neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in colour. The wings, tail and legs are black.
Distribution
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and India, South West Thailand and coastal southern Iran. Spreads to Eastern Africa (as blind passengers on ships) and the Middle East.
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of five subspecies.
Habitat
Small villages to large cities.
Behaviour
Diet includes human scraps, small reptiles and other animals such as insects and other small invertebrates, eggs, nestlings, grain and fruits.
It lays 3-6 eggs in a typical stick nest, and occasionally there are several nests in the same tree. In South Asia they are parasitized by the Asian Koel.
