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
Size
Total length: 17″ to 21″
Wingspan: 33″ to 39″
Voice
The call is a loud, repetitive, caw-caw-caw.
Similar Species
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.
Habitat
Urban areas, agricultural fields, areas with scattered open woodlands
Ecology
Migration
Early February to late October
Nesting
Food
Distribution
Occurrence
Abundant migrant and breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Corvidae (crows, jays, and magpies)
Subfamily
Corvinae
Genus
Corvus (crows and ravens)
Subordinate Taxa
eastern crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos) 
Florida crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos pascuus)
northwestern crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus)
southern crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos paulus)
western crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis)
Synonyms
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Other Videos
American Crow (Corvidae: Corvus brachyrhynchos) Adult
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MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings
Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit
Beaver Creek Valley State Park
Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park
Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA
Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park
Clinton Falls Dwarf Trout Lily SNA
Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park
Hardscrabble Woods / MG Tusler
Sanctuary
John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA
Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA
Minnesota Valley NWR, Chaska Unit
Minnesota Valley NWR, Louisville Swamp Unit
Minnesota Valley NWR, Wilkie Unit
Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Unit
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
North Mississippi Regional Park
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Touch the Sky Prairie Unit
Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit
Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve
Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve
