Corvus orru, Bonaparte, 1850

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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scientific name	Corvus orru
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TORRESIAN CROW Corvus orru View in CoL #

Local name Man Wawa (Sansundi; Soeparno 1977).

Range C. o. orru Biak, Supiori, Rani, Owi, Wundi, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Obtained by just two collectors, Feuilletau de Bruyn ( Hartert 1932) and Ripley ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939), but recorded by most visitors. Widespread and common in forest and other wooded habitats to c. 305 m (KDB; Supiori). 6 August 2015: two on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191). 13 January 1994: two on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000). 17 July 1994: two on Wundi (D. Roberson, eBird checklist S6813691).