Crows (Corvidae)
Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) - HBW 14, p. 617
French: Choucas des tours
German: Dohle
Spanish: Grajilla Occidental
Other common names: (Western/Common) Jackdaw
Taxonomy: Corvus Monedula Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
This species and C. dauuricus sometimes placed together in a separate genus, Coloeus. The two form a species pair and are sometimes considered conspecific, but they seem to replace each other geographically in vicinity of L Baikal and N Mongolia, meeting on very narrow front, but with very few reports of mixed pairings. Geographical variation complex, with individual and clinal variation. Other proposed races are turrium, brehmi and hilgerti (all described from Germany), ibericus (S Spain) and nigerrimus (Morocco), all synonymized with sperm.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Corvus Monedula Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
This species and C. dauuricus sometimes placed together in a separate genus, Coloeus. The two form a species pair and are sometimes considered conspecific, but they seem to replace each other geographically in vicinity of L Baikal and N Mongolia, meeting on very narrow front, but with very few reports of mixed pairings. Geographical variation complex, with individual and clinal variation. Other proposed races are turrium, brehmi and hilgerti (all described from Germany), ibericus (S Spain) and nigerrimus (Morocco), all synonymized with spermologus, and tischleri (NE Poland), sophiae (E Poland), schluteri (Belarus), collaris (Macedonia), pontocaspicus (Cyprus) and ultracollaris (Tien Shan), all treated as synonyms of soemmerringii. Four subspecies currently recognized.
This species and C. dauuricus sometimes placed together in a separate genus, Coloeus. The two form a species pair and are sometimes considered conspecific, but they seem to replace each other geographically in vicinity of L Baikal and N Mongolia, meeting on very narrow front, but with very few reports of mixed pairings. Geographical variation complex, with individual and clinal variation. Other proposed races are turrium, brehmi and hilgerti (all described from Germany), ibericus (S Spain) and nigerrimus (Morocco), all synonymized with spermologus, and tischleri (NE Poland), sophiae (E Poland), schluteri (Belarus), collaris (Macedonia), pontocaspicus (Cyprus) and ultracollaris (Tien Shan), all treated as synonyms of soemmerringii. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- monedula Linnaeus, 1758 - Scandinavia.
- spermologus Vieillot, 1817 - W & C Europe from British Is, S to Morocco and NW Algeria.
- cirtensis ( Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1912) - NE Algeria.
- soemmerringii J. G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1811 - E Europe (from S Finland, E Poland, Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and N Israel) E in Asia to L Baikal, W China (W Xinjiang) and Kashmir.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of young Jackdaw in a hacking installation after their fooding time. Project recovery leaded by Grup de Naturalistes d'O Locality Gurb, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Carles Martorell 1 July 2011 1 year ago 1 min 8 sec 4.6 -
A bird collecting food for its youngs Locality Verdon Gorge, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (ssp spermologus )
Eric Roualet 23 June 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
Two immature birds squabbling over food Locality Aberporth, Wales, Great Britain (ssp spermologus)
Dave Jackson 30 June 1999 5 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a field, waiting for bread cumbles to be thrown at him. Locality Hook of Holland, South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp spremologus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 2 September 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
Eurasian Jackdaw and Common Kestrel in mortal kombat Locality Netherlands
SoNaR 4 April 2009 4 years ago 2 min 39 sec 4.4 -
A young bird playing on the ground and begging for food. Locality Dublin Zoo, Dublin, Dublin Region, Ireland (ssp spermologus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2012 34 weeks ago 25 sec 4.2
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Jackdaw on an old tree trunk
Locality Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 23 November 2007 2 years ago 4.5 -
Close-up of the head
Locality County Cork, Ireland (ssp spermologus)
Mathieu W 9 March 2012 20 weeks ago 4.1 -
on an ancient church
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp spermologus)
Cristiano Crolle 30 December 2012 20 weeks ago 4 -
In flight, showing upperparts.
Locality Vretsia, Paphos District, Cyprus (ssp soemmerringii)
Fran Trabalon 20 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
One bird perched in a tree
Locality Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (ssp monedula)
Rémi Bigonneau 27 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
searching for food in the grass
Locality Zagreb County, Croatia (ssp soemmerringii)
spiljar 31 October 2012 19 weeks ago 3.8
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Alarm call of a breeding adult. Locality Gurb, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Carles Martorell 6 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A small flock flying overhead Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp spermalogus)
Stuart Fisher 5 December 2005 4 years ago 4 -
Some birds calling. Locality Lake Volvi, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 4 March 2009 27 weeks ago 3
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