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The Obi paradise-crow (Lycocorax obiensis) is a species of paradise-crow in the family Paradiseaidae along with the birds-of-paradise. This bird was split from its congener, the Halmahera paradise-crow (L. pyrrhopterus) in 2016. [1] The species was first described and named by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein in 1865.
The hooded crow (Corvus cornix), also called the scald-crow or hoodie, [1] is a Eurasian bird species in the genus Corvus. Widely distributed, it is found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East. It is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black ...
Paradise-crows are members of the genus Lycocorax in the family Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise). [2]
The Halmahera paradise-crow is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise, reaching a body length of up to 42 cm, [2] with a dark, soft and silky plumage that may appear all black, but is in fact a very dark brown. [3] Both sexes are similar; the female is slightly smaller than the male.
Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
Birds-of-paradise look as though they may take a lot of work to care for due to their size and exotic appearance, but Sam Neimann, houseplant expert and founder of gardening brand Bleume, notes ...
Baz and his bird share a similarly serious approach to their work: frightening crows out of downtown Sacramento. The bird — a 5-year-old Harris’s hawk named Jasper — has a raptor’s rigid ...
Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in flight Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) scavenging on a dead shark at a beach in Kumamoto, Japan. Medium-large species are ascribed to the genus, ranging from 34 cm (13 in) of some small Mexican species to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) of the large common raven and thick-billed raven, which together with the lyrebird represent the larger passerines.