Reference photo — Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Easy
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Corvidae
- Size
- 44–51 cm (length)
- Weight
- 430–650 g
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Lifespan
- 4–8 yrs
- Habitat
- Farmland, Coastal cliffs, Urban
About
The hooded crow, also colloquially called just hoodie, is a Eurasian bird subspecies of the carrion crow in the genus Corvus. Widely distributed, it is 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.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.