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...
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 couple of birds feeding in long grass Locality Central Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain
Anne Cotton 10 May 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 3 -
Several birds drinking. Locality Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp spermologus)
Jesús Laborda 6 October 2009 3 years ago 1 min 23 sec 3 -
A close-up of the head of a bird. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 3 -
A bird turning stones in search of bugs underneath (I) Locality Castile and Leon, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 3 -
A bird at the entrance of the nest in a old building Locality Castile and Leon, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 3 -
A bird scratching its head and feeding on the ground Locality South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain (ssp spermologus)
Peter Nash 17 July 2006 6 years ago 30 sec 3
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A bird perched.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 3.4 -
An adult perched on the ground.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp spermologus)
gemma aznar 30 April 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Adult on a river bank.
Locality Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (ssp soemmerringii)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 5 February 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Allike
Locality Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
Christian Michael Mortensen 5 April 2010 36 weeks ago 3.3 -
Two birds fighting.
Locality Hadamar, Hesse, Germany
Michael Fritzen 18 January 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
A ringed bird.
Locality Berkara Valley, Jambyl Province, Kazakhstan (ssp soemmerringii)
Arnau Bonan Barfull 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3
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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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