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Hooded CrowAlternate name(s): "Grey Crow", "Scotch Crow", "Danish Crow" ![]() Size: 54-67 cm; wing span 1.15-1.3 m Weight: 1.0-1.5 kg |
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See Hooded
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Photos |
Race "cornix"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of two Hooded Crows, together with two
Western Jackdaws
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Near-frontal view of an Hooded Crow, together with two
Western Jackdaws
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Santa Caterina di Puttinuri, near Cuglieri, western Sardinia,
Italy, June 2016]
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Odense, Denmark, September 2017]
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Oslo airport, Oslo, Norway, June 2018]
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow, now looking away (photo courtesy
of D. Wilczynska)
[Santa Caterina di Puttinuri, near Cuglieri, western Sardinia,
Italy, June 2016]
Near-dorsal view of an Hooded Crow patrolling along a coastline
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Naturschutzgebiet Wallnau/Fehmarn, Fehmarn, Germany, June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of an Hooded Crow (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Hooded Crow, together with other
corvids, namely
Rook, back left, and
Western Jackdaws, front
and right
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Two Hooded Crows and a
Western Jackdaw
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
Comparison between an Hooded Crow and an immature
Great [White] Egret
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Malkinia, Masovia, Poland, July 2019]
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Behaviour |
Like other species of species of corvids (ravens/crows), Hooded Crows can sometimes be seen rinsing food stuff before eating it.
Lateral view of an Hooded Crow
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Oslo airport, Oslo, Norway, June 2018]
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Food, Diet |
Like all corvids, Hooded Crows are opportunistic omnivores.
Hooded Crows and
Western Jackdaws
pecking at something hidden under snow (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Brok, Masovia, Poland, January 2015]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
hoodcrw_dw_20180609.m4a |
cornix (Poland) |
Contact calls? | © DW | |
hoodcrw_dw_20180525.m4a |
cornix (Poland) |
Contact calls? (with Hoopoe) |
© DW | |
hoodcrw_dw_20180609_2.m4a |
cornix (Poland) |
Annoyed/warning calls | © DW |
More Hooded Crow sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.