Australian Raven
Scientific name: Corvus coronoides
Corvus is Latin for crow. Coronoides is from the Greek words corone, meaning raven, and –oides, meaning like.
Wodang (wore’dang).
Widespread in the south-west, south and eastern Australia.
Up to 50 centimetres long with a 100 centimetres wingspan.
The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 375 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 12 years 5.6 months after being banded (information as at 23 June 2012).
The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8117f68b-5460-4626-8400-e171464e08ad