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A crow is a bird of the genus ''

Corvus ''Corvus'' is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, the hooded crow, t ...

'', or more broadly a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. Crows are generally black in colour. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "

raven A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned t ...

" is not pinned scientifically to any certain trait, but is rather a general grouping for larger ''Corvus spp.''

Species

* ''Corvus albus'' –

pied crow The pied crow (''Corvus albus'') is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus. Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) whe ...

(Central African coasts to southern Africa) * ''Corvus bennetti'' –

little crow Little Crow III (Dakota: ''Thaóyate Dúta''; 1810 – July 3, 1863) was a Mdewakanton Dakota chief who led a faction of the Dakota in a five-week war against the United States in 1862. In 1846, after surviving a violent leadership contest ...

(Australia) * ''Corvus brachyrhynchos'' –

American crow The American crow (''Corvus brachyrhynchos'') is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America. American crows are the New World counterpart to the carrion crow of Europe an ...

(United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico) * ''Corvus capensis'' –

Cape crow The Cape crow or black crow (''Corvus capensis'') is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It has proportionately longer legs, wings and tail too a ...

or Cape rook (Eastern and southern Africa) * ''Corvus cornix'' –

hooded crow The hooded crow (''Corvus cornix''), also called the scald-crow or hoodie, is a Eurasian bird species in the genus ''Corvus''. Widely distributed, it is found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle Ea ...

(Northern and Eastern Europe and Northern Africa and Middle East) * ''Corvus corone'' –

carrion crow The carrion crow (''Corvus corone'') is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus ''Corvus'' which is native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Taxonomy and systematics The carrion crow was one of the many species orig ...

(Europe and eastern Asia) *''Corvus culminatus'' –

Indian jungle crow The Indian jungle crow (''Corvus culminatus'') is a species of crow found across the Indian Subcontinent south of the Himalayas. It is very common and readily distinguished from the house crow (''Corvus splendens''), which has a grey neck. In the ...

(South Asia) * ''Corvus edithae'' –

Somali crow The Somali crow, or dwarf raven (''Corvus edithae''), is approximately the size (44–46 cm in length) of the carrion crow, ''Corvus corone'' but with a longer bill and a somewhat more brownish cast to the feathers, especially when worn. D ...

or dwarf raven (eastern Africa) * ''Corvus enca'' –

slender-billed crow The slender-billed crow (''Corvus enca'') is a Passerine bird of the family Corvidae, in the genus ''Corvus''. The violet crow has been found to be distinct genetically and separated as ''Corvus violaceus''. The small crow has been split as '' ...

(Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia) * ''Corvus florensis'' –

Flores crow The Flores crow (''Corvus florensis'') is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by ha ...

(Flores Island) * ''Corvus fuscicapillus'' –

brown-headed crow The brown-headed crow (''Corvus fuscicapillus'') is a passerine bird of the genus ''Corvus'' in the family Corvidae. Endemic to Indonesia, it has a fragmented distribution in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropica ...

(New Guinea) * ''Corvus hawaiiensis'' (formerly ''C. tropicus'') –

Hawaiian crow The Hawaiian crow or alalā (''Corvus hawaiiensis'') is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae, that is currently extinct in the wild, though reintroduction programs are underway. It is about the size of the carrion crow at in length, bu ...

(Hawaii) * ''Corvus imparatus'' –

Tamaulipas crow The Tamaulipas crow (''Corvus imparatus'') is a crow found in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. Description It is a relatively small and sleek looking crow, in length. It has very glossy dark, bluish plumage, which appears soft and silky ...

(Gulf of Mexico coast) * ''Corvus insularis'' –

Bismarck crow The Bismarck crow (''Corvus insularis'') is a species of crow found in the Bismarck Archipelago. It was considered by many authorities to be a subspecies of the Torresian crow The Torresian crow (''Corvus orru''), also called the Australian cro ...

(Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea) * ''Corvus jamaicensis'' –

Jamaican crow The Jamaican crow (''Corvus jamaicensis'') is a comparatively small corvid (35–38 cm in length). It shares several key morphological features with two other West Indian species, the Cuban crow (''Corvus nasicus'') and the white-necked cro ...

(Jamaica) * ''Corvus kubaryi'' –

Mariana crow The Mariana crow (''Corvus kubaryi'') ( Chamorro name: ''aga'') is a species of the crow family from the South Pacific. It is a glossy black bird about long and known only from the islands of Guam and Rota. It is a rare bird which has steadi ...

or aga (Guam, Rota) * ''Corvus leucognaphalus'' –

white-necked crow The white-necked crow (''Corvus leucognaphalus'') is the largest of the four Caribbean corvids. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic); it was formerly also extant on Puerto Rico, but has been ex ...

(Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) *''Corvus levaillantii'' –

eastern jungle crow The eastern jungle crow (''Corvus levaillantii'') is a bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of ...

(India, Burma) * ''Corvus macrorhynchos'' –

large-billed crow The large-billed crow (''Corvus macrorhynchos''), formerly referred to widely as the jungle crow, is a widespread Asian species of crow. It is very adaptable and is able to survive on a wide range of food sources, making it capable of colonizin ...

* ''Corvus meeki'' –

Bougainville crow The Bougainville crow (''Corvus meeki'') is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae. It is found in on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and the neighbouring Shortland Islands in the Solomon Islands. Within its range it is t ...

or Solomon Islands crow (Papua New Guinea, Northern Solomon Islands) * ''Corvus moneduloides'' –

New Caledonian crow The New Caledonian crow (''Corvus moneduloides'') is a medium-sized member of the family Corvidae, native to New Caledonia. The bird is often referred to as the 'qua-qua' due to its distinctive call. It eats a wide range of food, including many ...

(New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands) * ''Corvus nasicus'' –

Cuban crow The Cuban crow (''Corvus nasicus'') is one of four species of crow that occur on islands in the Caribbean. It is closely related to the white-necked crow (''C. leucognaphalus'') and Jamaican crow (''C. jamaicensis''), with which it shares simil ...

(Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island) * ''Corvus orru'' –

Torresian crow The Torresian crow (''Corvus orru''), also called the Australian crow or Papuan crow, is a passerine bird in the crow family native to the north and west of Australia and nearby islands in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The species has a black ...

or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands) * ''Corvus ossifragus'' –

fish crow The fish crow (''Corvus ossifragus'') is a species of crow associated with wetland habitats in the eastern and southeastern United States. Taxonomy and etymology The fish crow was given its binomial name by the Scottish ornithologist Alexand ...

(Southeastern U.S. coast) * ''Corvus palmarum'' –

palm crow The palm crow (''Corvus palmarum'') is a relatively small corvid that occurs on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Cuba, where it was formerly very frequent, but is now reduced in population. Taxonomy The C ...

(Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic) * ''Corvus sinaloae'' –

Sinaloa crow The Sinaloa crow (''Corvus sinaloae'') is a crow native to western Mexico. Description Visually, it is nearly identical to and the same length (34–38 cm) as the Tamaulipas crow (''Corvus imparatus''). It has the same purple-glossed, silky ...

(Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima) * ''Corvus splendens'' –

house crow The house crow (''Corvus splendens''), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. ...

or Indian house crow (South Asia, Middle East, east Africa) * ''Corvus torquatus'' –

collared crow The collared crow (''Corvus torquatus''), also known as the ring-necked crow or white-collared crow, is a member of the family Corvidae native to China and north of Vietnam. Description It is about 52–55 cm in length—the same size or sl ...

(Eastern China, south into Vietnam) * ''Corvus tristis'' –

grey crow The gray crow (''Corvus tristis''), formerly known as the bare-faced crow, is about the same size (42–45 cm in length) as the Eurasian carrion crow (''Corvus corone'') but has somewhat different proportions and quite atypical feather pigm ...

or Bare-faced crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands) * ''Corvus typicus'' –

piping crow The piping crow (''Corvus typicus'') is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TS ...

or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung) * ''Corvus unicolor'' –

Banggai crow The Banggai crow (''Corvus unicolor'') is a member of the crow family from Banggai regency in the province of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is listed as critically endangered by IUCN. It was feared extinct, but was finally rediscovered dur ...

(Banggai Island) * ''Corvus validus'' –

long-billed crow The long-billed crow (''Corvus validus'') is a crow that is endemic to the Northern Maluku Islands. This crow is large with glossy plumage, a large bill and white irises. It is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as ...

(Northern Moluccas) * ''Corvus violaceus'' – violet crow (Seram) – recent split from

* ''Corvus woodfordi'' –

white-billed crow The white-billed crow (''Corvus woodfordi'') is a member of the crow family found on the Solomon Islands. Description It is a short and stocky forest bird (40–41 cm in length) with a short, squared-off tail and a relatively large head ...

or Solomon Islands crow (Solomon Islands)

Species

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