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A crow is a

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

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 ...

'', 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 ...

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

Species

* ''Corvus albus'' – pied crow (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 and th ...

(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 (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 th ...

(South Asia) * ''Corvus edithae'' – Somali crow 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 (Flores Island) * ''Corvus fuscicapillus'' – brown-headed crow (New Guinea) * ''Corvus hawaiiensis'' (formerly ''C. tropicus'') – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii) * ''Corvus imparatus'' – Tamaulipas crow (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 cr ...

(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 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 colonizing ...

* ''Corvus meeki'' – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Papua New Guinea, Northern Solomon Islands) * ''Corvus moneduloides'' – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands) * ''Corvus nasicus'' – Cuban crow (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 blac ...

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 Th ...

(Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic) * ''Corvus sinaloae'' – Sinaloa crow (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 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 duri ...

(Banggai Island) * ''Corvus validus'' – long-billed crow (Northern Moluccas) * ''Corvus violaceus'' –

violet crow The violet crow (''Corvus violaceus'') is a species of the crow family, Corvidae, native to Seram Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's hi ...

(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 w ...

or Solomon Islands crow (Solomon Islands)

Species

See also

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