Banggai Crow

About the Banggai Crow

The Banggai crow, known as kuuyak in the Banggai language, is a member of the crow family from Banggai regency in the province of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is listed as critically endangered by IUCN. It was feared extinct, but was finally rediscovered during surveys on Peleng Island off the southeast coast of Sulawesi by Indonesian ornithologist Mochamad Indrawan in 2007 and 2008.

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Where it lives

When to see it

Peak activity in December · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Samar CrowCorvus samarensisThe Samar crow, formerly known as the small crow, is a passerine bird in the genus Corvus of the family Corvidae. Bougainville CrowCorvus meekiThe Bougainville crow is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae. White-billed CrowCorvus woodfordiIt is a short and stocky forest bird (40–41 cm in length) with a short, squared-off tail and a relatively large head with a very distinctive deep and curved pale ivory-coloured bill with a darker tip.