Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Kevin J. McGowan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2001
Text last updated January 1, 2001
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Врана рибар |
| Catalan | cornella pescadora |
| Croatian | obalna vrana |
| Czech | vrána rybí |
| Dutch | Viskraai |
| English | Fish Crow |
| English (United States) | Fish Crow |
| Estonian | kalavares |
| Finnish | kalastajavaris |
| French | Corneille de rivage |
| French (Canada) | Corneille de rivage |
| German | Fischkrähe |
| Icelandic | Veiðikráka |
| Japanese | ウオガラス |
| Norwegian | fiskekråke |
| Polish | wrona rybożerna |
| Russian | Рыбная ворона |
| Serbian | Američka riblja vrana |
| Slovak | vrana rybárska |
| Spanish | Cuervo Pescador |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuervo pescador |
| Swedish | fiskkråka |
| Turkish | Balıkçı Karga |
| Ukrainian | Ворона берегова |
Corvus ossifragus Wilson, 1812
PROTONYM:
Corvus ossifragus
Wilson, 1812. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 5, p.27 pl.37 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Great Egg-Harbor [= Beasley's Point, New Jersey].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CORVUS
- corvus
- ossifraga / ossifragus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Fish Crow.
This species becomes more localized throughout its range during winter, when individuals congregate in large flocks. See text for details.
