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High-billed crow

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The high-billed crow or deep-billed crow (Corvus impluviatus) was a species of large, raven-sized crow that was endemic to the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It was pushed to extinction due to the arrival of people and pests like rats.

References

  • Olson, Storrs L.; James, Helen F. (1991). "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II". Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs. 46: 1–88. hdl:10088/1746.
  • Milberg, Per; Tyrberg, Tommy (1993). "Naïve birds and noble savages. A review of man-caused prehistoric extinctions of island birds". Ecography. 16 (3): 229–250. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1993.tb00213.x.
  • TenBruggencate, Jan (2007-08-07). "Oahu sinkholes yield extinct birds". The Honolulu Advertiser.
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High-billed crow: Brief Summary

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The high-billed crow or deep-billed crow (Corvus impluviatus) was a species of large, raven-sized crow that was endemic to the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It was pushed to extinction due to the arrival of people and pests like rats.

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