History of the extant museum specimens of the Faroese white-speckled raven
The white-speckled raven, a colour aberration of the Faroese raven Corvus corax varius Brünnich, 1764 , has occurred on the Faroe Islands since at least the Middle Ages, and was always prized by collectors. In the second half of the nineteenth century while the Faroese raven population as a whole wa...
| Published in: | Archives of Natural History |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2015.0276 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full-xml/10.3366/anh.2015.0276 |
| Summary: | The white-speckled raven, a colour aberration of the Faroese raven Corvus corax varius Brünnich, 1764 , has occurred on the Faroe Islands since at least the Middle Ages, and was always prized by collectors. In the second half of the nineteenth century while the Faroese raven population as a whole was suffering intense persecution, pied individuals were even more severely hunted, and were extinct by the beginning of the twentieth century. Details of twenty six specimens found in museum collections are given in this paper, as well as an overview of collectors on the Faroes who may have collected specimens. |
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