Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826

Suárez, William, 2020, The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba, Zootaxa 4780 (1), pp. 1-53 : 39

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856847

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Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826
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Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 View in CoL

Cuban Crow; Cao Montero

Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 View in CoL , Color Planches., Livr. 70, p. 413.

Referred material. San Felipe I: Proximal half of right ulna, MNHNCu 75.4812; left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4810; distal half of right tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4811. San Felipe II: Proximal fragment of right ulna, MNHNCu 75.4813; distal fragment of left ulna, MNHNCu 75.4814; proximal fragment of left femur, MNHNCu 75.4815.

Description. The largest species of Corvus Linnaeus in this deposit. Tarsometatarsus shorter when compare with C. palmarum , and inseparable from Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 .

Comments. The most common corvid in Las Breas de San Felipe, being one of the first known species in the locality ( Iturralde-Vinent et al. 2000). The Cuban Crow is today a rare resident in Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, and in some large cays north of the Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey Provinces, found in forests, palm groves, pine forests, and around swampy areas, including those of Matanzas Province ( Garrido & Kirkconnell 2011:192).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae

Genus

Corvus

Loc

Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826

Suárez, William 2020
2020
Loc

Corvus nasicus

Temminck 1826
1826
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