American Crow

(Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Conservation Status
American Crow
Photo by Tom Baker
  IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

     
  NatureServe

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
           
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

Size

 
 

17 to 21in length

33 to 39wingspan

 
     
 

Voice

 
   
     
 

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)  
 

Genus

Corvus (crows and ravens)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hargravei)

Eastern Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos)

Florida Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos pascuus)

Southern Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos paulus)

Western Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis)

 
       
 

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Corvus brachyrhyncos

 
     

 

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  American Crow (Corvidae: Corvus brachyrhynchos) Adult
Carl Barrentine
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009

"How many nights / have I lain in terror, / .... / and above me / a wild crow crying 'yaw yaw yaw' / from a branch nothing cried from ever in my life." --Galway Kinnell Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (25 June 2009).

   
  American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Trinidad Head, Trinidad, California
Rob Mutch
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Apr 29, 2011

These crows hang out at the parking area, on large patches of invasive ice plants, waiting for a handout, at the Trinidad Head trailhead.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crow
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): http://eol.org/pages/1177464/overview

   
  Crow at Pierce Beach, "Crows" - St Brigid's Day 2014
Don Gagnon
 
   
 
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Published on Feb 8, 2014

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), The Bluffs, near Pierce Beach, Somerset, Massachusetts, Saturday afternoon, Saint Brigid's Day, February 1, 2014, 1:03 PM - Canon PowerShot SX50 HS MVI_72083; 28 sec.

Music: "Crows-WCPM" by David Biglin (ASCAP) 100% (Acoustic, 0:27)

   
  Corvus brachyrhynchos
Jim French
 
   
 
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Uploaded on Dec 7, 2008

No description available.

   
  The American Crow
danielofantioch
 
   
 
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Published on Nov 19, 2012

Sunday afternoon before church; The American Crow ruffing up the ground under the Maple Tree. One crow flew off with a rock in its mouth!

   
       

 

Camcorder

 
 
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