Crows (Corvidae)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - HBW 14, p. 629
French: Corneille noire
German: Rabenkrähe
Spanish: Corneja Negra
Other common names: Common/Eurasian Crow (with C. cornix); Eastern Carrion Crow, Oriental Crow (orientalis)
Taxonomy: Corvus Corone Linnaeus, 1758, England.
Thought to form a superspecies with C. cornix, possibly also including C. pectoralis; was for long treated as conspecific with former. Situation complex, as narrow bands of hybridization between present species and C. cornix exist across Scotland, through C Europe, in C Siberia and in C Asia, but striking plumage differences, subtle differences in vocalizations, and both narrowness and plasticity of hybrid zones all suggest that speciation has been at least partially achieved. Presence of "black crows" over both W & E regions of Eurasian landmass, separated by C. c.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Corvus Corone Linnaeus, 1758, England.
Thought to form a superspecies with C. cornix, possibly also including C. pectoralis; was for long treated as conspecific with former. Situation complex, as narrow bands of hybridization between present species and C. cornix exist across Scotland, through C Europe, in C Siberia and in C Asia, but striking plumage differences, subtle differences in vocalizations, and both narrowness and plasticity of hybrid zones all suggest that speciation has been at least partially achieved. Presence of "black crows" over both W & E regions of Eurasian landmass, separated by C. cornix, is noteworthy; preliminary research indicates that these black populations may merit treatment as two separate species, but more extensive investigation required. Within extensive range of E populations (orientalis) there is a cline of increasing bill size from W to E, which has prompted the describing of a further three races: interpositus (described from Japan), saghalensis (from Sakhalin I) and yunnanensis (from S Yunnan, in China) are all regarded as synonyms of orientalis. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Thought to form a superspecies with C. cornix, possibly also including C. pectoralis; was for long treated as conspecific with former. Situation complex, as narrow bands of hybridization between present species and C. cornix exist across Scotland, through C Europe, in C Siberia and in C Asia, but striking plumage differences, subtle differences in vocalizations, and both narrowness and plasticity of hybrid zones all suggest that speciation has been at least partially achieved. Presence of "black crows" over both W & E regions of Eurasian landmass, separated by C. cornix, is noteworthy; preliminary research indicates that these black populations may merit treatment as two separate species, but more extensive investigation required. Within extensive range of E populations (orientalis) there is a cline of increasing bill size from W to E, which has prompted the describing of a further three races: interpositus (described from Japan), saghalensis (from Sakhalin I) and yunnanensis (from S Yunnan, in China) are all regarded as synonyms of orientalis. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- corone Linnaeus, 1758 - Britain (except N Scotland), France, Spain and Portugal E to Denmark, W Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, N Italy and Switzerland; many C European birds disperse S & W in winter, reaching Corsica, Sardinia and SE Europe.
- orientalis Eversmann, 1841 - breeds from C Siberia (Russia) and N Mongolia from R Yenisei E (N to N limit of taiga) to Kamchatka, Kuril Is and Sakhalin I, and from C Kazakhstan, E Turkmenistan, NE Afghanistan and extreme NW Indian Subcontinent E through Tien Shan and across N China (S to N Qinghai, N Sichuan and Hebei, with isolated population S Yunnan) E to Japan (S to Kyushu); N populations migrate S to E & SE China, also S to NE Iran, Baluchistan and N Pakistan (NorthWest Frontier Province) in winter.
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An individual drinking and flying away. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 50 weeks ago 23 sec 4.7 -
A bird looking for food among White-naped and Hooded Cranes. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird foraging and taking an acorn on the ground, then flying away. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
Courtship display by female when male arrives at nest site Locality Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Bruce Lepper 12 March 2009 4 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
Carrion Crow feeding young at nest Locality Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Bruce Lepper 5 June 2008 4 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding in the grass. Locality Westfalenpark, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Jeremiusz Trzaska 10 November 2012 26 weeks ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird chasing another one. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 48 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird drinking and calling. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 12 weeks ago 54 sec 4 -
A bird eating an insect and drinking. Locality Meijo Park, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Jeremiusz Trzaska 18 June 2012 47 weeks ago 23 sec 4 -
A bird preening on the branch. Locality Meijo Park, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Jeremiusz Trzaska 18 June 2012 47 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird drinkig (part of the clip at slow motion) Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 47 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
Two birds on the field. Locality Borsbeek, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 20 March 2010 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
Two birds looking for food among White-naped Cranes. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
An adult feeding on dog faeces Locality Central Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp corone)
Anne Cotton 18 June 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 4 -
Two birds on the branches.A close-up of one to this birds. Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 15 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A close-up of two birds on the branches Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 15 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird eating scarabs at the horse´s excrement. Locality Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 17 June 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on bread crumbs, and then cautiously waiting for more. Locality Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Great Britain (ssp corone)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 August 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird waiting for a piece of bread to be thrown at him, on a parking lot. Locality Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Great Britain (ssp corone)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 August 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 4 -
Young bird in nest waiting for parents. Locality Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Bruce Lepper 4 years ago 40 sec 4 -
A bird drinking Locality Épila, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 10 June 2007 5 years ago 56 sec 4 -
A group of birds at a Red-crowned Crane feeding station, and a close-up of an individual foraging. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A bird standing on a branch, manipulating something with the bill Locality Butakovka, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp orientalis)
Askar Isabekov 17 November 2006 5 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
An individual on the ground, calling, jumping and flying away (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 10 weeks ago 20 sec 3.8 -
Two birds foraging on the grass. Locality Kensington Gardens, London, England, Great Britain
Antonio Silveira 14 September 2012 33 weeks ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird on the ground, calling. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 49 weeks ago 43 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A very recently fledged chick Locality Central Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp corone)
Anne Cotton 11 June 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a wire.A close-up of this bird. Locality Navarre, Spain
Javier Ortas 11 June 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking, preening and rubbing its bill Locality Épila, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 10 June 2007 5 years ago 38 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Willebroek, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp corone)
Leo Janssen 21 March 2000 10 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
A bird singing on a branch Locality Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp corone)
Leo Janssen 26 February 2000 10 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird standing on a hedge, being chased away by a cat. Locality Rioseco, Asturias, Spain (ssp corone)
Carlos Fabregat 29 August 2009 8 weeks ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A bird on the ground, calling. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 11 weeks ago 15 sec 3.7 -
A bird drinking. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 12 weeks ago 14 sec 3.7 -
Several birds eating grains among Hooded Cranes. Locality Arasaki Crane Reserve, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 3.7 -
An albine bird, preening. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp corone)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 42 sec 3.7 -
Two birds perched on a tree, one of them calling Locality Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 22 February 2008 5 years ago 34 sec 3.6 -
An individual on the ground, calling. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 11 weeks ago 21 sec 3.5 -
A bird drinking and then looking around. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 47 weeks ago 26 sec 3.5 -
a singing bird on a branch Locality De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands
Wout van den Brink 14 August 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.5 -
A bird walking on the ground looking for food Locality Gallocanta lagoon, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 16 October 2007 5 years ago 39 sec 3.4 -
Two birds on the ground, one of them fluffing and shaking the plumage (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 47 weeks ago 44 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the ground, calling and looking around. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 48 weeks ago 22 sec 3.3 -
A group of birds foraging on the snow, at a Red-crowned Crane feeding station. Locality Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.3 -
'Oriental' Crow feeding on shoreline Locality Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp orientalis)
Greg Baker 10 June 2009 3 years ago 8 sec 3.3 -
A bird foraging in marshy grassland Locality Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Keith Blomerley 29 April 2002 3 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Hoeke, West Flanders Province, Belgium (ssp corone)
Gaston Sallaets 3 March 2000 10 years ago 20 sec 3.3 -
A bird walking. Locality London, England, Great Britain
Theo Mamais 5 June 2012 48 weeks ago 45 sec 3.3 -
A bird eating something ans flying away (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 49 weeks ago 32 sec 3.3 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched, looking around and flying away. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A bird eating a fruit on a building, rubbing its bill, defecating and flying away. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
A perched bird looking around Locality Big Almaty Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp orientalis)
Eric Roualet 29 May 2012 49 weeks ago 38 sec 3.2 -
adult and juvenile in field Locality Blidworth Woods, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
chrisjohnson 17 June 2010 2 years ago 52 sec 3.2 -
looking around for food Locality Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp corone)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 April 2011 2 years ago 21 sec 3.2 -
Different views of birds on a fence, on the ground and flying Locality Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain (ssp corone)
Nathan Kipling 17 August 2007 5 years ago 13 sec 3.1 -
A bird carrying some material fot the nest. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp corone)
Jesús Laborda 17 March 2012 46 weeks ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird on the summit of a pine tree in the Swiss Alps. Locality Vaud Canton, Switzerland
Thomas Doerig 31 October 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 3 -
A bird on a wall and then flying away (50%). Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 3 -
A bird flying away. Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 3 July 2010 2 years ago 8 sec 3
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