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 bird foraging on the ground Locality Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain (ssp spermologus)
Nathan Kipling 17 August 2007 5 years ago 28 sec 2.9 -
A bird drinking and shaking the head. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp spermologus)
Jesús Laborda 20 May 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 2.8 -
a bird in the top of a tree Locality De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Wout van den Brink 17 June 2000 3 years ago 15 sec 2.8 -
A bird on a roof Locality Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain (ssp spermologus)
Nathan Kipling 5 November 2007 4 years ago 40 sec 2.8 -
Numerous individuals gathering in roost trees Locality Gialova, Peloponnese Region, Greece
Joe Angseesing 12 September 2008 3 years ago 43 sec 2.7 -
A bird flying close to a cliff. Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp spermologus)
Jesús Laborda 5 December 2009 3 years ago 15 sec 2.5
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A calf for food to his father.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona City, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp spermologus)
gemma aznar 26 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.3 -
Taken at Ramsey harbor, Isle of Man
Locality Lancashire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 1 February 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
Resting on fence.
Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 29 April 2008 4 years ago 3.3 -
A calf for food to his father.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona City, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp spermologus)
gemma aznar 26 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.2 -
A ringed bird.
Locality Berkara Valley, Jambyl Province, Kazakhstan (ssp soemmerringii)
Arnau Bonan Barfull 11 May 2006 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.2 -
A calf for food to his father.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona City, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
gemma aznar 26 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.2
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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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