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PRB-0278Passeriformes

White-necked Crow

Cuervo Cuelliblanco

Corvus leucognaphalus

Extirpated in Puerto RicoIUCN VU · Vulnerable

The white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus) is the largest of the four Caribbean corvids. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic); it was formerly also extant on Puerto Rico and Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, but has been extirpated from both islands due to considerable forest clearance and hunting for meat.

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FamilyCorvidaeCrows, Jays, and Magpies

Puerto Rico occurrenceExtirpated in Puerto RicoAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatHistorical forest and woodlandHistorical forest and woodland

Primary dietOmnivoreOmnivore

Average mass401 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementSedentaryInsessorial

Sound archive

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XC877755Recording 1 of 3call

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Sound recorded by Bobby Wilcox · XC877755 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the White-necked Crow

Conservation

Vulnerable

IUCN VU; DNER Extirpated

Global IUCN: VU
Puerto Rico DNER: Extirpated
Federal ESA: E
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: Historical forest and woodland
Elevation: 0–1500 m
Nest: Platform · Tree
Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Social behavior: Social / flocking

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This bird belongs to 9 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Birds by habitatForest Birds159 birds →ConservationFederally Listed Birds14 birds →ConservationGlobally Threatened Birds34 birds →ConservationPuerto Rico DNER-Listed Birds28 birds →ConservationVulnerable Birds21 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoExtirpated from Puerto Rico2 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoHistorical Birds14 birds →Bird familyCrows, Jays, and Magpies (Corvidae)2 birds →

Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗BirdLife species factsheet↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Wikipedia en Español↗Media source · commons.wikimedia.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗Source record 4↗

Research note: Explicitly marked extirpated in the cited 2026 DNER compilation