About Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821)
The Sunda crow, scientifically named Corvus enca, is a passerine bird belonging to the family Corvidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, ranging from Malaysia to Borneo. This species is part of the Corvus enca species complex, which was previously treated as a single species called the slender-billed crow. Today, the complex is recognized as five separate species, after four original subspecies were split off into distinct species: the Samar crow (or small crow, Corvus samarensis), the Palawan crow (Corvus pusillus), the Sulawesi crow (Corvus celebensis), and the Sierra Madre crow (Corvus sierramadrensis). The violet crow was also once included in this complex, but genetic evidence has confirmed it is a distinct species, and it has been separated as Corvus violaceus. The Sunda crow occurs across Maritime Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines, as well as Peninsular Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. Its diet consists of fish and shrimp.
