A crow is a

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

of the genus ''

Corvus ''Corvus'' is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the car ...

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

raven A raven is any of several large-bodied passerine bird species in the genus '' Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigne ...

" is not linked scientifically to any certain trait but is rather a general grouping for larger-sized species of ''Corvus''. The collective name for a group of crows is a "murder".

Species

* ''Corvus albus'' – Pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa) * ''Corvus bennetti'' – Little crow (Australia) * ''Corvus brachyrhynchos'' –

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

(United States, southern Canada, northern Mexico) * ''Corvus capensis'' – Cape crow or Cape rook (Eastern and southern Africa) * ''Corvus cornix'' – Hooded crow (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, native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Taxonomy and systematics The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus ...

(Europe and eastern Asia) *''Corvus culminatus'' – Indian jungle crow (South Asia) * ''Corvus edithae'' – Somali crow or dwarf raven (Eastern Africa) * ''Corvus enca'' – Slender-billed crow (Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia) * ''Corvus florensis'' – Flores crow (Flores Island) * ''Corvus fuscicapillus'' – Brown-headed crow (New Guinea) * ''Corvus hawaiiensis'' (formerly ''C. tropicus'') – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii) * ''Corvus imparatus'' – Tamaulipas crow (northeastern Mexico and southern Texas) * ''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 In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank ...

(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 cr ...

(Jamaica) * ''Corvus kubaryi'' – Mariana crow or aga (Guam, Rota) * ''Corvus leucognaphalus'' – White-necked crow (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) *''Corvus levaillantii'' – Eastern jungle crow (India, Burma) * ''Corvus macrorhynchos'' – Large-billed crow (Eastern Asia) * ''Corvus meeki'' – Bougainville crow 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 t ...

(New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands) * ''Corvus nasicus'' – Cuban crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Grand Caicos Island) * ''Corvus orru'' – Torresian crow or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands) * ''Corvus ossifragus'' –

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

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

Palm crow The Hispaniolan palm crow (''Corvus palmarum'') is a relatively small corvid endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic) where it was formerly common but is now reduced in population. Taxonomy The Hispanio ...

(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. I ...

or Indian house crow (South Asia, Middle East, east Africa) * ''Corvus torquatus'' – Collared crow (Eastern China, south into Vietnam) * ''Corvus tristis'' – Grey crow or Bare-faced crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands) * ''Corvus typicus'' – Piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung) * ''Corvus unicolor'' – Banggai crow (Banggai Island) * ''Corvus validus'' – Long-billed crow (Northern Moluccas) * ''Corvus violaceus'' – Violet crow (Seram) – a split from slender-billed crow * ''Corvus woodfordi'' – White-billed crow or Solomon Islands crow (Solomon Islands)

Species

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