1988, Birds Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix) 8 Bulgarian Stotinki

Birds Hooded Crow  (Corvus corone cornix)  

1988, Birds Hooded Crow  (Corvus corone cornix)  8 Bulgarian Stotinki

Text: Birds Hooded Crow  (Corvus corone cornix)  8 Bulgarian Stotinki 1987

Condition: Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Birds

Face value:     8

Stamp Currency:       Bulgarian stotinka

Country/area:            Bulgaria

Year:   1988

Set:     1988 Vogels

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:  Multi-coloured

Exact colour: 

Usage:            Franking

Type:   Stamp

Theme:           Animals (Fauna)

Stamp subject:           Corvus cornix

Michel number:         3691

Yvert number:                       3225

Scott number:                        

Stanley Gibbons number:    3516    

Printing office:            

Perforation:    K 13 : 13¼

Watermark:     Without watermark

Printing:         Offset

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stamp printed in Bulgaria, shows Corvus corone cornix, Birds series, circa 1987.

The Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (sometimes called Hoodie crow) is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch Crow, Danish Crow, and Corbie or Grey Crow in Ireland; Grey Crow is also what its Welsh name, Brân Lwyd, translates as. Found across Northern, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East, it is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes and feet. Like other corvids it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.

It is so similar in morphology and habits to the Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) that for many years they were considered by most authorities to be merely geographical races of one species. The fact that hybridization was observed where their ranges overlapped added weight to this view. However, since 2002, the Hooded Crow has been elevated to full species status after closer observation; the hybridisation was less than expected and hybrids had decreased vigour. Within the Hooded Crow species, four subspecies are recognized, with one, the Mesopotamian Crow, possibly distinct enough to warrant species status itself.