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Brown-necked Raven

Corvus ruficollis · Family Corvidae

Corvus ruficollis

Family Corvidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
GBIF occurrence records
55,081
Countries and territories with records
48
Brown-necked Raven
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About this species

This species has 55,081 occurrence records from 48 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (45.9%), the United Arab Emirates (14.9%), Morocco (9.7%), Egypt (5.8%) and Oman (5.6%); together they account for 81.8% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Corvus ruficollis combines the genus name Corvus with the species epithet ruficollis. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Corvus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus corax and Corvus corone.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 132 species of the family Corvidae. This species ranks 48th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corvus brachyrhynchos. Its record count is 6.1% of the family average (908,707). The family Corvidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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