Piping crow
Corvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853)
The piping crow (Corvus typicus) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 175 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the piping crow
- Weight
- 175 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the piping crow live?
Not recorded
What is the piping crow?
The piping crow (Corvus typicus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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Is the piping crow endangered?
The piping 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 piping crow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusCorvus
- SpeciesCorvus typicus (Bonaparte, 1853)
Synonyms Corvus advena, Gazzola typica
Other names and names in other languages (44)
- غراب شاديArabic
- cornella de SulawesiCatalan
- vrána celebeskáCzech
- brân chwibanogWelsh
- SulawesikrageDanish
- CelebeskräheGerman
- Celebes-KräheGerman
- fajfa korvoEsperanto
- Cuervo flautistaSpanish
- Cuervo de CélebesSpanish
- sulawesi varesEstonian
- celebesinvarisFinnish
- Corneille des CélèbesFrench
- sulaveška vranaCroatian
- celebeszi varjúHungarian
- Gagak sulawesiIndonesian
- Corvo di CelebesItalian
- Cornacchia di CelebesItalian
- Cornacchia di SulawesiItalian
- Cornacchia fischiatriceItalian
- Corvo di SulawesiItalian
- Corvo fischiatoreItalian
- セレベスガラスJapanese
- sulavesinė varnaLithuanian
- Gáagii bitéél łigaaígííNavajo
- sulawesikråkeNorwegian Bokmål
- SulawesikraaiDutch
- Bonte SulawesikraaiDutch
- pipekråkeNorwegian
- wrona białoszyjaPolish
- gralha-da-celebesPortuguese
- gralha-assobiadoraPortuguese
- gralha-de-celebesPortuguese
- Сулавесский воронRussian
- Сулавесская воронаRussian
- vrana celebeskáSlovak
- Celebeska vranaSerbian
- pipkråkaSwedish
- sulawesikråkaSwedish
- Selebes KargasıTurkish
- ворона білошияUkrainian
- 蘇拉烏鴉Chinese
- 苏拉威西鸦Chinese
- 蘇拉威西鴉Chinese
Relatives of the piping 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
ComparePiping crow vs Common ravenPiping crow vs RookPiping crow vs Hooded crowPiping crow vs Carrion crow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the piping crow?
An adult piping crow weighs 175 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the piping crow endangered?
The piping 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 piping crow?
The piping crow (Corvus typicus) 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.
- 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 - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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