font settings and languages

Font Size: Large | Normal | Small
Font Face: Verdana | Geneva | Georgia
Languages:

Corvus corax

(Southwestern Raven)

Common Names

[ Back to top ]

Click on the language to view common names.

Common Names in Dutch:

Raaf

Common Names in English:

American, American Raven, Common Raven, Holarctic Raven, Mexican Raven, Northern Raven, Ravan, Raven, Southwestern Raven

Common Names in French:

Grand Corbeau

Common Names in German:

Kolkrabe

Common Names in Hebrew:

עורב שחור

Common Names in Italian:

Corvo Imperiale

Common Names in Japanese:

ワタリガラス

Common Names in Russian:

Ворон, Ворон обыкновенный, Voron

Common Names in Spanish:

Cuervo, Cuervo Común, Cuervo Común

Description

[ Back to top ]

Physical Description

Adult : Bill: black Length : long Legs : Foot Color: black Leg Color: black Tail: Length: long Shape : wedge-shaped, with long central feathers.

Size/Age/Growth

About 21 to 26 inches long, with a wingspan of 46 to 56 inches. Adults weigh about 43.2 ounces .

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine forests, tropical deciduous forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, northern temperate grasslands, arid montane scrubs, arid lowland scrubs • Maximum Elevation: 4,200 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper subtropical: higher slopes, 500-1,600 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

[ Back to top ]

Diet

Primarily: Carrion . Lesser Quantities of: Reptiles or Amphibians Eggs Insects Plant Matter

Reproduction

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

[ Back to top ]

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

[ Back to top ]

American Crow, Chihuahuan Raven

Members of the genus Corvus

There are approximately 194 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. adsimilis · C. afer · C. affinis · C. alba · C. albicollis (African White-Necked Raven) · C. albus (Pied Crow) · C. americana · C. azureus · C. bacmeisteri · C. benetti · C. bennetti (Little Crow) · C. boreus (Relict Raven) · C. brachyrhynchos (American Crow) · C. brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos (Southern Crow) · C. brachyrhynchos caurinus · C. brachyrhynchos hesperis · C. brachyrhynchos pascuus · C. brachyrhynchos paulus (American Crow) · C. brachyrhynchus · C. brachyrynchos · C. c. corax · C. caledonicus · C. capellanus · C. capensis (Black Crow) · C. capensis capensis · C. capensis kordofanensis · C. caurinus (Northwestern Crow) · C. corax (Southwestern Raven) · C. corax canariensis · C. corax clarionensis (Common Raven) · C. corax corax (Southwestern Raven) · C. corax dardaniensis · C. corax hispanus · C. corax islandicus · C. corax jordansi · C. corax kamtschaticus · C. corax kretae · C. corax laurencei · C. corax laurenci (Common Raven) · C. corax principalis (Common Raven) · C. corax sinuatus (Common Raven) · C. corax ssp · C. corax subcorax · C. corax tibetanus · C. corax tingitanus · C. corax varius · C. cornix · C. cornix cornix · C. cornix kaukasicus · C. cornix pallescens · C. cornix sardonius · C. cornix sharpii · C. cornix syriacus · C. corone · C. corone; cornix (Hooded Crow) · C. corone capellanus · C. corone cornix (Hooded Crow) · C. corone corone · C. corone coronix · C. corone interpositus · C. corone orientalis · C. corone pallescens · C. corone sardonius · C. corone sharpii · C. corone ssp · C. corone x · C. coronoides (Australian Raven) · C. coronoides coronoides (Australian Raven) · C. coronoides inoptatus · C. coronoides perplexus · C. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven) · C. cryptoleucus (White-Necked Raven) · C. culminatus · C. dauuricus (Daurian Jackdaw) · C. difficilis · C. edithae · C. enca (Slender-Billed Crow) · C. enca celebensis · C. enca compilator · C. enca enca · C. enca pusillus · C. enca samarensis · C. enca sierramadrensis · C. enca violaceus · C. f. hilgerti · C. florensis (Flores Crow) · C. frugilegus (Rook) · C. frugilegus frugilegus (Rook) · C. frugilegus pastinator · C. frugileus · C. fuscicapillus (Brown-Headed Crow) · C. fuscicapillus megarhynchus · C. hassi · C. hawaiiensis (Hawaiian Crow) · C. hungaricus · C. iliceti · C. imparatus (Tamaulipas Crow) · C. impluviatus · C. infumatus · C. insolens

More Info

[ Back to top ]

Further Reading

[ Back to top ]

Notes

[ Back to top ]

Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 2009-06-20