Crows and Ravens
Corvus
Corvus is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, hooded crow, common raven, and rook; those discovered later were named "crow" or "raven" chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller. The genus name is Latin for "raven".
The 46 or so members of this genus occur on all continents except South America, Antarctica and several islands. The genus Corvus makes up a third of the species in the family Corvidae. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a "flock" or a "murder".
57 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 48 known species
American Crow
speciesCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven
speciesCorvus corax
Hooded Crow
speciesCorvus cornix
Carrion Crow
speciesCorvus corone
Rook
speciesCorvus frugilegus
Large-billed Crow
speciesCorvus macrorhynchos
House Crow
speciesCorvus splendens
Fish Crow
speciesCorvus ossifragus
Pied Crow
speciesCorvus albus
Australian Raven
speciesCorvus coronoides
Little Raven
speciesCorvus mellori
Torresian Crow
speciesCorvus orru
Hooded × Carrion Crow
hybridCorvus cornix × corone
White-necked Raven
speciesCorvus albicollis
Chihuahuan Raven
speciesCorvus cryptoleucus
Cape Crow
speciesCorvus capensis
Collared Crow
speciesCorvus torquatus
Sinaloa Crow
speciesCorvus sinaloae
Brown-necked Raven
speciesCorvus ruficollis
Forest Raven
speciesCorvus tasmanicus
Philippine Jungle Crow
speciesCorvus philippinus
Fan-tailed Raven
speciesCorvus rhipidurus
Sunda crow
speciesCorvus enca
Tamaulipas Crow
speciesCorvus imparatus
Little Crow
speciesCorvus bennetti
White-necked Crow
speciesCorvus leucognaphalus
Thick-billed Raven
speciesCorvus crassirostris
New Caledonian Crow
speciesCorvus moneduloides
Sulawesi Crow
speciesCorvus celebensis
Jamaican Crow
speciesCorvus jamaicensis
Cuban Crow
speciesCorvus nasicus
Palm Crow
speciesCorvus palmarum
Palawan Crow
speciesCorvus pusillus
Somali Crow
speciesCorvus edithae
Gray Crow
speciesCorvus tristis
Long-billed Crow
speciesCorvus validus
Piping Crow
speciesCorvus typicus
Mariana Crow
speciesCorvus kubaryi
Bismarck Crow
speciesCorvus insularis
Cuban Palm-Crow
speciesCorvus minutus
Brown-headed Crow
speciesCorvus fuscicapillus
Banggai Crow
speciesCorvus unicolor
Flores Crow
speciesCorvus florensis
Violet Crow
speciesCorvus violaceus
Hawaiian Crow
speciesCorvus hawaiiensis
Sierra Madre Crow
speciesCorvus sierramadrensis
Bougainville Crow
speciesCorvus meeki
Pied × Somali Crow
hybridCorvus albus × edithae
Guadalcanal Crow
speciesCorvus woodfordi
Samar crow
speciesCorvus samarensis
Corvus ossifragus × splendens
hybridCorvus ossifragus × splendens
Corvus brachyrhynchos × corax
hybridCorvus brachyrhynchos × corax
Chatham Raven
speciesCorvus moriorum
High-billed Crow
speciesCorvus impluviatus
Robust Crow
speciesCorvus viriosus
Puerto Rican Crow
speciesCorvus pumilis
New Zealand Raven
speciesCorvus antipodum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.523
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.729
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.464
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.506
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.726
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.669
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.131
The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1604 · p.70
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Ornithologiae
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1610 · p.358
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