Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae (Crows, Jays)  
Genus: Corvus (47 species)


White-necked Raven
White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
Range: AF: e DR Congo, Uganda and Kenya to s South Africa
Giant's Castle, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pied Crow
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Range: AF: Mauritania to Sudan and Somalia, s to s South Africa; Aldabra group (sw Seychelles), Comoros, Iles Glorieuses (nw of Madagascar), Juan de Nova and Europa (w of c, s Madagascar, Mozambique Channel) and Madagascar
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Little Crow
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Range: AU: Australia (except n, far s, Tasmania)
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


American Crow
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos pascuus)
Range: NA: widespread
Everglades National Park, Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cape Crow
Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)
Range: AF: ne, e, s
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Northern Raven
Northern Raven (Corvus corax)
Range: NA, MA, PAL: widespread
Gigrin Farm, Wales
  Larger than the American Crow.
   
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Hooded Crow
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix cornix)
Range: PAL: c, s
Bolle di Magadino, Ticino, Switzerland  
 
Photograph by Ken Billington's Bird & Wildlife Photography     Copyright and usage info


Carrion Crow
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Range: PAL: n, sw, e
 
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


Australian Raven
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
Range: AU: sw, c and e Australia
Australian National Botanical Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Thick-billed Raven
Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris)
Range: AF: montane Eritrea to se Sudan through Ethiopia to nw Somalia
Waliso, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Chihuahuan Raven
Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
Range: NA, MA: sw USA to n Mexico
Cochise, Arizona, USA  
   
Photograph by Tony Morris     Copyright and usage info


Indian Jungle Crow
Indian Jungle Crow (Corvus culminatus)
Range: OR: peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Maldives  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


Somali Crow
Somali Crow (Corvus edithae)
Range: AF: e Eritrea to e South Sudan and n Kenya through Ethiopia to Somalia
Liben, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


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Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Range: OR, AU: Malaysia to Borneo and Sulawesi
 



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Flores Crow (Corvus florensis) Endangered
Range: AU: w Flores (c Lesser Sundas)
 



Rook
Rook (Corvus frugilegus frugilegus)
Range: PAL: widespread
Germany  
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


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Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Waigeo and Gam (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), w New Guinea and Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea)
 



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Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) Extinct in the Wild
Range: PO: Hawaiian Is.
 



Tamaulipas Crow
Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus)
Range: NA, MA: ne Mexico and s Texas
Cameron County, Texas,  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to very similar Sinaloa Crow, and note vocal differences.

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Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis)
Range: AU: New Hanover (=Lavongai), New Ireland, New Britain and satellites (e Bismarck Arch.)
 



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Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis) Near Threatened
Range: NA: Jamaica
   



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Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi) Critically Endangered
Range: PO: Rota (s Northern Mariana Is.) and Guam (where extinct; s Mariana Is., w Micronesia)
 



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White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus) Vulnerable
Range: NA: Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
   



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Eastern Jungle Crow (Corvus levaillantii)
Range: OR: n India to n Malay Pen.
 



Large-billed Crow
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
Range: PAL, OR: Himalayas from ne Afghanistan, India and Sri Lanka through e Russia, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, to Romang and Sermata (e Lesser Sundas)
Don-e-Das, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Bougainville Crow (Corvus meeki)
Range: AU: Buka, Bougainville and Shortland Is. (n Solomon Is.)
 



Little Raven
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Range: AU: se SA to ne NSW and King I. (w Bass Strait; se Australia)
Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Cuban Palm Crow (Corvus minutus)
Range: NA: Cuba
 



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New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)
Range: AU: Grande Terre and (introduced) Loyalty Is. (New Caledonia)
 



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Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)
Range: NA: Cuba and Caicos Is.
   



Torresian Crow
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru cecilae)
Range: AU: Moluccas, New Guinea region, and Australia (except s)
Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Fish Crow
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Range: NA: e, se USA
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the American Crow, and has a different call.

Hispaniolan Palm Crow
Hispaniolan Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum)
Range: NA: Hispaniola
Dominican Republic  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Palawan Crow (Corvus pusillus)
Range: OR: Mindoro, Calamian Is. and Palawan group (sw Philippines)
 



Fan-tailed Raven
Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
Range: AF, PAL: e, c, w AF, sw PAL
Shaba, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Brown-necked Raven
Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
Range: AF, PAL: n, ne Africa, Socotra, Arabian Pen. to Kazakhstan
Kuwait  
 
Photograph by Mohd Khorshed     Copyright and usage info


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Small Crow (Corvus samarensis)
Range: OR: Luzon, Samar and Mindanao (n, e, s Philippines)
 



Sinaloa Crow
Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae)
Range: MA: nw Mexico
San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Jerry_Oldenettel     Copyright and usage info

Visually identical to the Tamaulipas Crow but vocally very different. Its call is a high-pitched, jay-like 'ceow', while the Tamaulipas crow has a low, gruff, frog-like croak (Wikipedia).

House Crow
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Range: OR: nw India through sw Thailand
Pokhara, Nepal  
 
Photograph by benjamint444 (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info


Forest Raven
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus tasmanicus)
Range: AU: se Australia and Tasmania
Collinsvale, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus)
Range: PAL, OR: e, c China, n Vietnam
 



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Grey Crow (Corvus tristis)
Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites
 



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Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
Range: AU: montane c, s Sulawesi and Muna, Butung, Wowoni and Kabaena (s of se Sulawesi)
 



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Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: montane Peleng (Banggai Is., e of Sulawesi)
 



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Long-billed Crow (Corvus validus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Halmahera and satellites (n Moluccas)
 



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Violet Crow (Corvus violaceus)
Range: AU: Seram and Ambon (ec Moluccas)
 



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White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi)
Range: AU: Choiseul, Isabel and Guadalcanal (c Solomon Is.)
 




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