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*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of a film; see ''[[The Peacemaker (film)|The Peacemaker]]''.
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*'''Peacemaker''' is the name of a comic book character; see [[Peacemaker (comics)]].
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*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of an anti-duelling pamphlet by [[Thomas Middleton]].
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*'''Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers''' is a rock band [[Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers]].
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*'''The Peacemaker''' is a name for the [[Colt Single Action Army handgun]], a pistol first manufactured in 1873.
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*'''The Great Peacemaker''', a prophet who helped found the [[Haudenosaunee|Haudenosaunee nation]]
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<tr><td>{{Regnum}}:</td><td>[[Animal]]ia</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Phylum}}:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[Aves]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Ordo}}:</td><td>[[Passeriformes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Familia}}:</td><td>[[Corvidae]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>{{Genus}}:</td><td>''[[Corvus (biology)|Corvus]]''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Species]]</td><td>''crassirostris''</td></tr>
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'''''Corvus crassirostris'''''<br><small>[[Eduard Rüppell|Rüppell]], [[1836]]</small>
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The '''Thick-billed Raven''' (''Corvus crassirostris'') shares with the [[Common Raven]] the accolade of the largest in the family (60-64 cm in length) and indeed the largest of the [[bird]] order [[Passeriformes]] (perching birds). It has a very large bill that is laterally compressed and is deeply curved in profile giving the bird a very distinctive appearance. This bill is black with a white tip and has deep nasal grooves with only light nasal bristle covers.
It has very short feathers on the head, throat and neck which on the throat and upper breast, have an oily brown gloss. The rest of the bird is glossy black except for a distinctive white patch of short feathers on the nape and onto the neck.
[[Image:Corvus_crassirostris_map.jpg|thumb|left|Distribution map]]
Its range covers [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]]; its habitat includes [[mountain]]s and high [[plateau]] between elevations of 1500 to 2400 metres.
It feeds on grubs, beetle larvae from animal dung, carrion, scraps of meat, and other human foods. It has been seen taking standing wheat. When seeking food from dung, it has been seen using a distinct scything movement to scatter the dung and extract the grubs.
It [[nest]]s in [[tree]]s and on [[cliff]]s, apparently building a stick nest like the similar [[White-necked Raven]]. It lays three to five [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s.
Its calls include a harsh nasal croak or a low wheezy croak or sometimes a ''"phlurk-phlurk"'' sound.
== External links ==
*[http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20040309114446.JPG Bird sitting in tree]
*[http://www.wildlifephoto.at/archivbilder/verschiedene/quer/Thick_Billed_Raven001.jpg Pair of birds]
*[http://www.wildlifephoto.at/archivbilder/verschiedene/quer/Thick_Billed_Raven002.jpg Head shot of birds]
*[http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/passeriformes/images/corbeau.corbivau.yvth.1g.jpg View from below]
[[Category:Corvus]]
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