- High-billed Crow
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High-billed Crow Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Species: C. impluviatus Binomial name Corvus impluviatus
Olson & James, 1991The High-billed Crow (Corvus impluviatus) was a species of large, raven-sized crow that was endemic to the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. It was pushed to extinction due to the arrival of people and pests like rats.
References
- Olson, Storrs L.; James, Helen F. (1991). "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II". Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1–88. hdl:10088/1746.
- 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. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1993.tb00213.x.
- TenBruggencate, Jan (2007-08-07). "Oahu sinkholes yield extinct birds". The Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Aug/07/ln/hawaii708070352.html.
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