Bismarck crow
Corvus insularis Heinroth, 1903
The bismarck crow (Corvus insularis) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 508 g to 575.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the bismarck crow
- Weight
- 508 g – 575.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.6src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the bismarck crow live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The bismarck crow is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the bismarck crow endangered?
The bismarck crow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the bismarck crow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusCorvus
- SpeciesCorvus insularis Heinroth, 1903
Synonyms Corvus orru insularis
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- غراب بسماركArabic
- corb de les illes BismarckCatalan
- BismarckkrageDanish
- BismarckkräheGerman
- HeinrothkräheGerman
- bismarka korvoEsperanto
- Cuervo de BismarckSpanish
- Cuervo de las BismarckSpanish
- melaneesia varesEstonian
- کلاغ بیسمارکPersian
- bismarckinvarisFinnish
- Corbeau des BismarckFrench
- Corneille des BismarckFrench
- krivokljuna vranaCroatian
- Corvo delle BismarckItalian
- Cornacchia delle BismarckItalian
- ビスマルクガラスJapanese
- Bismarko varnaLithuanian
- GrovnebbnebbkråkeNorwegian Bokmål
- BismarckkraaiDutch
- grovnebbkråkeNorwegian
- wrona krzywodziobaPolish
- بسمارک کاںWestern Panjabi
- gralha-das-bismarckPortuguese
- Новобританская воронаRussian
- vrana ostrovnáSlovak
- Vrana iz arhipelaga BizmarkSerbian
- bismarckkråkaSwedish
- Bismark KargasıTurkish
- ворона дугодзьобаUkrainian
- 俾岛鸦Chinese
- 俾斯麥群島鴉Chinese
Relatives of the bismarck crow
Other species in the same genus Corvus.
Common raven
Corvus corax
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
Hooded crow
Corvus cornix
Carrion crow
Corvus corone
House crow
Corvus splendens
Pied crow
Corvus albus
CompareBismarck crow vs Common ravenBismarck crow vs RookBismarck crow vs Hooded crowBismarck crow vs Carrion crow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bismarck crow?
An adult bismarck crow weighs 508 g – 575.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the bismarck crow live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the bismarck crow for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the bismarck crow endangered?
The bismarck crow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the bismarck crow?
The bismarck crow (Corvus insularis) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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