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Revision as of 13:48, 17 October 2007 by Kits (talk | contribs)
Corvus kubaryi

Identification

38cm. Black, blue-black gloss on its tail, green-black gloss on back, underparts, head, and wings. In general, females are smaller than males.

Distribution

Island of Guam and Rota in the Northern Marianas Islands

Taxonomy

Habitat

Mature forests, coastal strand vegetations, nests only in native limestone forest.

Behaviour

Diet includes insects, lizards, other birds' eggs, hermit crabs, fruits, and seeds.

It builds a large, cupped platform of small sticks, lined with leaf fibres. 1-4 eggsare laid, and both parents incubate the eggs, brood the chicks, and care for the juveniles even after they fledge.

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