pied crown.
/ˌpʌɪd ˈkrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpaɪd ˈkroʊ/ΚΠ
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een bonte Kraeye, a Pide Crowe, or a Roiston Crowe.
1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man I. 104 There is another species, the corvus cincricius [read cinericius], or pied-crow, that appears in great plenty.
1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man I. i. 25 There is a strong colony of the pied-crow at Douglas Head, where they live and breed in great numbers.
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1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. 287 The organ-magpie, pied crow, or barita, is somewhat larger than the English magpie, with a tail as much shorter as his voice is sweeter.
1860 Times 29 Aug. 11/3 The colonial magpie, or pied crow, with a note so rich and wild and clear that it would be a great addition to an English park.
3. A black and white crow, Corvus albus, found in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > other types of
hooded crow?a1513
tropic crow1781
temia1809
fish-crow1812
scapulated raven1869
pied crow1897
1897 H. A. Bryden Nature & Sport 62 The common crow in South Africa is not white, but black and white. There are two kinds both very familiar figures—one known to the colonists as the bonte kraai (pied crow).., and the other called the ringhals kraai (ring-neck crow).
1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 34 522 The yellow-billed kite, a winter migrant from South Africa, was met with in great numbers, as were pied crows and ravens.
1958 G. Durrell Encounters with Animals iii. 109 A pied crow from West Africa..suddenly decided that I was the only person in the world for him.
2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Apr. 16 With a black coat with a white breast and a white collar, the pied crow has a regal appearance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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