Violet crow
Corvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850
The violet crow (Corvus violaceus) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 251 g to 264 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 violet crow
- Weight
- 251 g – 264 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
- 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc 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 violet 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 violet 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.
What is the violet crow?
The violet crow (Corvus violaceus) is a species of the crow family, Corvidae, native to Seram, an island in Indonesia. It was long considered a subspecies of the slender-billed crow but has been shown to be divergent genetically. Violet crows have a dark black head and slightly blue black body and have a slightly shorter bill than most other crow species.
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Is the violet crow endangered?
The violet 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 violet crow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCorvidae
- genusCorvus
- SpeciesCorvus violaceus Bonaparte, 1850
Synonyms Corvus enca violaceus, Corvus modestus, Corvus violaceus violaceus
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- Violaceous crowEnglish
- غراب بنفسجيArabic
- Violblå KrageDanish
- SeramkräheGerman
- viola korvoEsperanto
- Cuervo VioletaSpanish
- Cuervo violáceoSpanish
- filipiini varesEstonian
- seraminvarisFinnish
- Corneille violacéeFrench
- seramska vranaCroatian
- Gagak hutanIndonesian
- Corvo di SeramItalian
- Cornacchia di SeramItalian
- Cornacchia violaceaItalian
- Corvo violaceoItalian
- Violette KraaiDutch
- seramkråkeNorwegian
- wrona fioletowaPolish
- gralha-violetaPortuguese
- gralha-azevichePortuguese
- Серамская воронаRussian
- vrana moluckáSlovak
- Molučka tankokljuna vranaSerbian
- seramkråkaSwedish
- Mor KargaTurkish
- ворона серамськаUkrainian
- 紫背乌鸦Chinese
- 藍紫稚鴉Chinese
Relatives of the violet 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
CompareViolet crow vs Common ravenViolet crow vs RookViolet crow vs Hooded crowViolet crow vs Carrion crow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the violet crow?
An adult violet crow weighs 251 g – 264 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the violet crow live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the violet crow for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the violet crow endangered?
The violet 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 violet crow?
The violet crow (Corvus violaceus) 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.
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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
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