The heraldry of the Municipality of Corvo was approved on 23 January 1947, based on an opinion submitted by the Marquess of São Paio to the Heraldry and Genealogy Commission of the Portuguese Association of Archaeologists.
Each element of the coat of arms tells the story of our island: the cormorant, the fish, the hill, the sea, and the goshawk bearing the Portuguese shield represent the deep connection between nature, territory, and our identity.
The flag and the municipal seal complete this symbolic heritage, which spans generations and continues to represent our municipality with pride.
Transcription of the opinion:
“So simple has been, throughout the ages and still today, the administrative and municipal life of the small island of Corvo, with its single municipality, whose seat is the present-day town of Corvo, that we believe it has never, until now, made use of its own coat of arms, as it had not felt the need to do so.
Thus, new arms must be created, which we propose as follows:
ARMS – Argent, a cormorant sable holding a fish gules in its beak, perched on a mountain vert issuing from a base wavy of argent and vert of three parts; in chief a goshawk sable, highlighted in or, holding a Portuguese quina in its claws.
FLAG – Quarterly of white and black, bearing at the centre the shield of arms, surmounted by a mural crown argent with four towers, and below a silver scroll bearing the word CORVO in black letters.
SEAL – Circular, displaying the elements of the shield without tinctures, surrounded, between concentric circles, by the legend CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DO CORVO.”*
(Government Gazette No. 178, Series II, of 2 August 1948)
(Text adapted to modern orthography)