American Crow
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNR - Unranked |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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17″ to 21″in length 33″ to 39″wingspan |
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Voice |
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Similar Species |
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Common Raven (Corvus corax) is much larger, about the size of a red-tailed hawk. The bill is longer and thicker with a tuft of hair on top at the base. In flight the wings are longer and tapered, and the tail is wedge-shaped. They often soar when flying and are often seen in pairs. The call is deeper, less piercing. Their range in Minnesota is mostly restricted to the north-central and northeast regions but is expanding into the central region. |
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Habitat |
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Urban areas, agricultural fields, areas with scattered open woodlands |
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Ecology |
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Migration |
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Early February to late October |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Abundant migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
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Corvidae (crows, jays, and magpies) | ||
Genus |
Corvus (crows and ravens) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hargravei) Eastern Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos) Florida Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos pascuus) Southern Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos paulus) Western Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis) |
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| American Crow Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| American Crow JMC Nature Photos |
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| American Crow Joshua Mayer |
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About
Corvus brachyrhyncos |
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| American Crow (Corvidae: Corvus brachyrhynchos) Adult Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009 "How many nights / have I lain in terror, / .... / and above me / a wild crow crying 'yaw yaw yaw' / from a branch nothing cried from ever in my life." --Galway Kinnell Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (25 June 2009). |
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| American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Trinidad Head, Trinidad, California Rob Mutch |
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Uploaded on Apr 29, 2011 These crows hang out at the parking area, on large patches of invasive ice plants, waiting for a handout, at the Trinidad Head trailhead. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crow |
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| Crow at Pierce Beach, "Crows" - St Brigid's Day 2014 Don Gagnon |
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Published on Feb 8, 2014 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), The Bluffs, near Pierce Beach, Somerset, Massachusetts, Saturday afternoon, Saint Brigid's Day, February 1, 2014, 1:03 PM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_72083; 28 sec. Music: "Crows-WCPM" by David Biglin (ASCAP) 100% (Acoustic, 0:27) |
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| Corvus brachyrhynchos Jim French |
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Uploaded on Dec 7, 2008 No description available. |
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| The American Crow danielofantioch |
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Published on Nov 19, 2012 Sunday afternoon before church; The American Crow ruffing up the ground under the Maple Tree. One crow flew off with a rock in its mouth! |
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