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Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Corvidae

The fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) is a species of crow associated with wetland habitats in the eastern and southeastern United States. Taxonomy and etymology The fish crow was given its binomial name by the Scottish ornithologist Alexander Wilson in 1812, in the fifth volume of his American Ornithology. The binomial is from Latin; Corvus means "raven", while ossifragus means "bone-breaker".

Distribution

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