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Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) German name(s): "Aaskrähe" Size: 48-52 cm; wing span 85-100 cm Weight: 370-670 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Carrion Crows are medium-sized corvids. Their plumage is all-black. The base of the dark-grey bill is covered with black feathers. The irises are black. The legs and feet are grey. Their most characteristic feature is the bill, which is stout, with a curved culmen.

Taxonomy, classification See Carrion Crow at Wikipedia . Click here for classification information Carrion Crows have now been given species status and are no longer considered to be conspecific with the Hooded Crow, (Corvus cornix).

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed based on sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to the ebird.org website. The global distribution of the Carrion Crow is available HERE . Carrion Crows are found mainly in western and northern Europe, but there is a scattered population throughout central to eastern Asia as well, in particular in Korea and Japan. In Europe Carrion Crows are a sedentary species that is found only in central and western Europe, to the West of a line of the rivers Oder and Neisse in Germany that, in its continuation, wraps around the eastern edge of the Alps. In the North and West their range extends to southern Denmark and central Scotland. They are NOT found in the northern Scottish highlands or or Ireland. In the South-west their range extends to roughly the northern half of Iberia. Part of the Carrion Crow population that usually lives at high altitude in the Alps spends the winters in the Po River flatlands of northern Italy. Carrion Crows can live in a variety of habitats. If not desperate for a feed, e.g. in winter time, as nest robbers they are usually wary, also of humans. In winter they are often found in agricultural areas and around carrion (including road kill).

Sightings Click here for sighting information H. Dahlem-Senger reports spotting Carrion Crows in Rüdesheim, Hessen, Germany, in November 2016. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by H. Dahlem-Senger.

Photos

ADULT

Frontal view of a Carrion Crows looking sideways (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Rüdesheim, Hessen, Germany, November 2016]

Lateral view of a Carrion Crows looking at the observer (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Rüdesheim, Hessen, Germany, November 2016]

Food, Diet

Like all corvids, Hooded Crows are opportunistic omnivores.

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