Brown-billed Crow - Brown-billed Crow

Japanese: オサハシブトガラス - おさはしぶとがらす
Brown-billed Crow - Brown-billed Crow

...The large-billed crow is distributed in a breeding range from the Amur region, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Japan to southern Asia. In Japan, there are three subspecies: the large-billed crow C. m . japonensis , which breeds in Tanegashima and areas north of Yakushima, the Ryukyu large-billed crow C. m . connectens , which breeds on the islands between Amami Oshima and Miyakojima, and the red-billed crow C. m . osai , which breeds in the Yaeyama Islands. The large-billed crow is the largest of these, with a total length of about 60 cm, while the red-billed crow is smaller, with a total length of about 40 cm.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "great-billed crow" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ハシブトガラスはアムール地方,サハリン,千島,日本からアジア南部にかけて繁殖分布する。日本では種子島および屋久島以北の各地に繁殖するハシブトガラスC.m.japonensis,奄美大島から宮古島の間の島々に繁殖するリュウキュウハシブトガラスC.m.connectens,八重山列島に繁殖するオサハシブトガラスC.m.osaiの3亜種が分布している。ハシブトガラスはこのうち最大で全長約60cm,オサハシブトガラスは小さく,全長約40cm。…

※「オサハシブトガラス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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