Species of Crows

Interesting Facts about Ravens and Crows (Raven Intelligence and Adaptations) – includes Videos

Physical and Behavioral Differences Between Crows and Ravens

Crow Information

Holarctic Crow Species

• Common Raven (Corvus corax) – Found across the northern hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed of all crows
  • Pied Raven, (Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus (a color variant) – Previously found on the Faroe Islands (situated halfway between Scotland and Iceland.). Considered extinct since mid-20th Century.

North and Central American Crow Species

• American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) – Found in the United States, southern Canada, and Northern Mexico
• Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) –
• Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus), – Found on the Eastern U.S. coast, Southeastern U.S. through Florida, west along major rivers to Oklahoma and Texas
• Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) – Found from the Olympic Peninsula to Southwest Alaska
• Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus) – Found in the Gulf of Mexico coast from Nuevo León east to Rio Grande delta, south to Tampico, Tamaulipas
• Sinaloan Crow (Corvus sinaloae) – Found on the Pacific coast from Sonora to Colima
• Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis) – Found in Jamaica
• White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus ) – Found in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
• Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum) – Found in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic
• Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) – Fouund in Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, and on the Grand Caicos Island

Eurasian and North African Crow Species

• Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis) – Found in North Africa, down to Kenya, the Arabian peninsula and up into the Middle East and southern Iran
• Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus) – Found in the Middle East east to North Africa across the Air Massif in the southern Sahara, south to Sudan and Kenya
• Western Jackdow or Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) – Found in the British Isles and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Northern Asia, and Northern Africa
• Rook (Corvus frugilegus) – Found in Europe, Asia, and New Zealand
• Hooded Crow (Corvus [corone] cornix) – Found inNorthern and Western Europe through Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq; but in the United Kingdom, it is found only in Northwestern Scotland and Northern Ireland as the Carrion Crow is more common on most of the British mainland
  • Mesopotamian Crow or Iraq Pied Crow (Corvus [corone] capellanus) – Found from Southern Iraq to extreme Southwest Iran
• Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) – Found in Western Europe from British Isles to Germany, and in Eastern Asia
  • Eastern Carrion Crow (Corvus [corone] orientalis) – Found in Eurasia and Northern Africa

Tropical African species

• Cape Crow or Black Crow or Cape Rook (Corvus capensis) – Found in Eastern and Southern Africa)
• Pied Crow (Corvus albus) – Found from the Central African coasts to southern
• Somali Crow or Dwarf Raven (Corvus edithae) – Found in Northeast Africa
• Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris) – Found in Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia
• White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis) – Found in eastern and southern Africa

Australian and Melanesian Crow Species

• Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) – Common throughout eastern, southern Australia and southern Western Australia
• Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) – Inhabits the island state of Tasmania as well as other parts of south-eastern Australia
  • Relict Raven (Corvus (t.) boreus) – Found in north-eastern New South Wales
• Little Crow (Corvus bennetti) – Found in western and central Australia
• Little Raven (Corvus mellori) – Found in southeastern Australia from southern South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales
• Torresian Crow or Australian Crow (Corvus orru) – Found in Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands
• New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides) – Found in New Caledonia and on the Loyalty Islands
• Long-billed Crow Corvus validus) – Found on the Northern Moluccas
• White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi) – Found in the central part of the Solomon Islands, specifically on the islands of Choiseul, Isabel and Guadalcanal
• Bougainville Crow or Solomon Islands Crow (Corvus meeki) – Found in the Northern Solomon Islands
• Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus) – Found in New Guinea
• Grey Crow or Bare-faced Crow (Corvus tristis) – Found in New Guinea and neighboring islands

New Zealand Crow Species

• Chatham Islands Raven, (Corvus moriorum – prehistoric)
• New Zealand Raven, (Corvus antipodum – prehistoric)

Pacific Island Crow Species

• Mariana Crow or Aga (Corvus kubaryi) – Found in Guam and Rota
• Hawaiian Crow or ‘Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis, formerly Corvus tropicus) – Formerly found on the Island of Hawaii – now considered extinct in the wild

Tropical Asian Crow Species

• Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca) – Found in Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia
  • Violaceous Crow (Corvus [enca] violaceus) – Found in the Philippines, Ceram, and the Moluccas
• Piping Crow or Celebes Pied Crow (Corvus typicus) – Found in Sulawesi, Muna, Butung
• Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor) – Found on Banggai Island – possibly extinct, but recently rediscovered
• Flores Crow (Corvus florensis) – Found on the Flores Island (image unavailable)
• Collared Crow or Ring-necked Crow, White-collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) – Found in Eastern China, south into Vietnam)
• Daurian Jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus) – Found from Eastern Europe to Eastern Japan and occasionally in Scandinavia)
• House Crow or Indian House Crow (Corvus splendens) – Found on the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and East Africa
• Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) – Found in Eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and the Philippines
  • Jungle Crow (Corvus [macrorhynchos] levaillantii) – Found in India and Burma