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Carrion Crow
Corvus [corone or cornix] (= Corvus corone) Linnaeus, C 1758
The carrion crow is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Corvus
Scientific:
Corvus corone
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Corvus
Scientific:
Corvus corone
Original description
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.105
Protonym:
Corvus Corone
Type locality:
Europa; restricted to England by Hartert (1903, Vögel Pal. Fauna, 1, p. 11).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/123/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E4EE9AC480A6D5F9
Avibase ID:
avibase-E4EE9AC4
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E4EE9AC4
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559494
Geographic range:
- Corvus corone: disjunctly in lowland to montane open habitats, from coastal cliff to grassland to farmland and forest edge, in Britain and western Europe, and from western Siberia eastward to Kamchatka, and southward to eastern Iran, central China, Korean Peninsula, and Japan; northeastern populations move southward in winter, some to southeastern China
- Corvus corone corone: western Europe
- Corvus corone orientalis: Iran to northern China, Korea, and Japan
- Corvus cornix: lowland to foothill open habitat, including forest edge, moorland, coastal cliff, farmland, and human habitation, from Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia eastward to western Siberia, and southward to Italy, Nile Valley in Egypt, and Iran; northernmost populations migrate southward as far as Afghanistan
- Corvus cornix cornix: northern Europe to Yenisey Valley, Ukraine, Corsica, and southern Italy
- Corvus cornix [sharpii or sardonius]: mainland Italy to the Balkans, Türkiye, northern Iran, and Kazakhstan
- Corvus cornix pallescens: coastal southern Türkiye to Levant, northern Iraq, and Egypt
- Corvus cornix capellanus: southern Iraq and adjacent southwestern Iran
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Source: Clements checklist
Carrion or Hooded Crow
Azerbaijani:
Qara/Boz qarğa
Bulgarian:
Черна / Сива врана
Catalan:
cornella negra/emmantellada
Czech:
vrána černá/šedá
Danish:
Sortkrage/Gråkrage
German:
Raben-/Nebelkrähe
Greek:
Μαύρη/Σταχτιά Κουρούνα
Spanish:
Corneja Negra/Cenicienta
Spanish (Spain):
Corneja negra/cenicienta
Estonian:
mustvares/hallvares
Persian:
کلاغ شرقی / کلاغ ابلق
Finnish:
varis
French:
Corneille noire ou C. mantelée
Hebrew:
עורב אפור/אירופי
Croatian:
Crna ili siva vrana
Hungarian:
Kormos varjú/Dolmányos varjú
Icelandic:
Svart-/grákráka
Italian:
Cornacchia nera/grigia
Japanese (romaji):
hashibosogarasu/zukingarasu
Japanese:
ハシボソガラス/ズキンガラス
Latvian:
Melnā/Pelēkā vārna
Dutch:
Zwarte Kraai/Bonte Kraai
Norwegian:
svartkråke/kråke
Polish:
czarnowron/wrona siwa
Portuguese (Portugal):
Gralha-preta/Gralha-cinzenta
Romanian:
Cioară neagră / grivă
Russian:
Чёрная/Серая ворона
Slovak:
vrana čierna/popolavá
Slovenian:
Črna/Siva vrana
Serbian:
Crna vrana/siva vrana
Swedish:
svartkråka/gråkråka
Turkish:
Kara Leş/leş kargası
Ukrainian:
Ворона чорна/Ворона сіра
Chinese:
小嘴乌鸦/冠小嘴乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
小嘴乌鸦/冠小嘴乌鸦
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Eurasian Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Carrion or Hooded Crow ( Corvus [corone or cornix]) |
| Avilist 2025: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 1.55: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2015: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2016: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2017: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2018: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2019: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2021: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2022: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2023: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2024: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| eBird version 2025: Carrion/Hooded Crow ( Corvus corone/cornix) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Corvus corone [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Corvus corone [version 2] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Corvus corone [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Carrion Crow ( Corvus corone) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: الغراب الرمادي
Asturian: Cuerva, Cuerva común/buxa
Azerbaijani: Qara qarğa, Qara/Boz qarğa
Belarusian: Чорна варона, Шэрая варона
Bulgarian: Черна / Сива врана, Черна врана
Breton: Ar vran boutin, Bran louet
Catalan: Cornella, Cornella emmantellada, Cornella negra, cornella negra/emmantellada
Catalan (Balears): Cornella
Czech: Vrána cerná, Vrána černá, vrána černá/šedá, Vrána obecná, Vrána obecná černá
Chuvash: Ула курак
Welsh: Brân, Brân dyddyn, Brân fawr, Bran syddyn, Brân syddyn, Fawr bran, Milfran
Danish: Krage, Sortkrage, Sortkrage/Gråkrage
German: Aaskrahe, Aaskrähe, Nebelkrähe, Nebel-krähe, Raben- oder Nebelkrähe, Raben-/Nebelkrähe, Rabenkraehe, Rabenkrähe
Greek: (Σταχτιά) Κουρούνα, [kourouna], Κουρούνα, Μαύρη/Σταχτιά Κουρούνα
Greek (Cypriot): Κοράζινος
English: Carrion Crow, Carrion or Hooded Crow, Carrion/Hooded Crow, Crow, Eurasian Crow, Hooded Crow, Northern Carrion Crow
English (Avilist): Carrion/Hooded Crow
English, HBW: Carrion Crow
English (IOC): Carrion/Hooded Crow
English (United States): Carrion/Hooded Crow
Esperanto: griza korvo, korniko, nigra korvo
Spanish: Corneja, Corneja cenicienta, Corneja Común, Corneja Negra, Corneja Negra/Cenicienta, Graja
Spanish (Spain): Corneja negra/cenicienta
Spanish (HBW): Carrion/Hooded Crow
Estonian: mustvares/hallvares, Vares
Basque: Belabeltza, Bele, Cornella
Persian: کلاغ شرقی / کلاغ ابلق
Finnish: nokivariksen, Nokivaris, nokivaris/varis, Varis
Faroese: Kráka, Kráka/hjaltakr´ka
French: Corneille corbine, Corneille mantelée, Corneille noire, Corneille noire ou C. mantelée
French (Guyane): Corneille noire ou C. mantelée
Frisian: Swarte Krie
Irish: Caróg Dhubh, Caróg dubh, caróg liath, Caróg Liath/Caróg Dhubh
Gaelic: Feannag, Fionnag, Starag
Galician: Cornella , Corvo pequeno, corvo pequeño
Manx: Fannag, Fannag Ghlass
Hebrew: עורב אירופי, עורב אפור, עורב אפור/אירופי
Croatian: Crna ili siva vrana, Crna vrana, Siva Vrana
Hungarian: Dolmányos varjú, Kormos varjú, Kormos varjú/Dolmányos varjú
Armenian: [Mokhraguyn Agrav ], Գայլագռավ/Մոխրագույն ագռավ, Մոխրագույն Ագռավ
Icelandic: Grákráka, Kráka, Kráka (Grákráka), Svart-/grákráka
Italian: Cornacchia, Cornacchia comune europea, Cornacchia grigia, Cornacchia nera, Cornacchia nera/grigia, Cornaccia
Japanese (romaji): Hashi-boso garasu, hashibosogarasu, Hashiboso-garasu, hashibosogarasu/zukingarasu
Japanese: ハシボソガラス, ハシボソガラス/ズキンガラス
Japanese (Kanji): 嘴細烏, 嘴細鴉
Georgian: რუხი ყვავი, შავი ყვავი
Khakas: Харга
Kazakh: Қара қарға
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara qarğа
Korean: 까마귀
Korean (Transliteration): kkamagwi
Cornish: Kygvran
Scientific: Corone andayensis, Corone corone, Corvus [corone or cornix], Corvus cornix , Corvus cornix cornix, Corvus corone, Corvus corone cornix, Corvus corone corone, Corvus corone/cornix
Luxembourgish: Bëschkueb
Lithuanian: Juodoji varna, Kovas, Varna
Latvian: Melnā vārna, Melnā/Pelēkā vārna
Macedonian: сива врана, Црна врана
Mongolian: Саарал хэрээ, Хар таага, Хар хэрээ, Хар/Саарал хэрээ
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠶᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠠᠭᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠶᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бага хушуут хэрээ
Mongolian (Transliteration): bag khushuut kheree, khar kheree, khar taag , saaral kheree
Malay: Burung Gagak Bangkai
Maltese: Cawlun, Ċawlun
Dutch: Bonte Kraai, Kraai, Zwarte Kraai, Zwarte Kraai/Bonte Kraai
Norwegian: Kråke, Russekråke, Svartkråke, svartkråke/kråke
Polish: Czarna wrona, Czarnowron, czarnowron/wrona siwa, wrona, wrona (zwyczajna), wrona zwyczajna
Pinyin: guān xiǎo-zuǐ wūyā, shí fǔròu wū-yā, xiǎo-zuǐ wū-yā
Portuguese: gralha preta, Gralha-cinzenta, Gralha-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): Gralha-preta/Gralha-cinzenta
Rhaeto-Romance: Corv nair
Romanian: Cioară grivă, Cioară neagră / grivă
Romance (Other): Corv nair, corv nair grisch
Russian: Cерая ворона, Ворона черная, Серая ворона , Черная ворона, Чёрная ворона, Чёрная ворона/Серая ворона, Чёрная/Серая ворона
Sardinian: Carroga, Giacu, Gorrancra
Northern Sami: Vuorazas, Vuoražas
Slovak: obyčajná túlavá, vrana cierna, vrana čierna/popolavá, Vrana obyčajná, Vrána obyčajná západoevropská, vrana túlavá
Slovenian: corone crna vrana, crna vrana, Črna vrana, Črna/Siva vrana
Albanian: Korbi, Sorra, Sorra e zezë/Sorra e përhime
Serbian: Crna vrana, Crna vrana/siva vrana, Црна врана
Swedish: Kråka, Kråka-svart, Svartkråka, svartkråka/gråkråka
Turkmen: leş kargası
Turkish: Kara kargası, Kara Leş/leş kargası, Külrengi Karga, Leş Kargası, leş kargasy, Қара қарға
Tuvinian: каарган, Кара каарган
Ukrainian: Ворона чорна , Ворона чорна/Ворона сіра, Гава чорна, Сіра ворона, Чорна ворона
Uzbek: қарғалар
Vietnamese: Chim Quạ đen mỏ bé, Chim Quạ mỏ, nhỏ, Quạ đen mỏ bé, Quạ mỏ nhỏ
Chinese: [shi furou wu-ya], [xiao-zui wu-ya], 冠小嘴乌鸦, 小嘴乌鸦, 小嘴乌鸦/冠小嘴乌鸦, 小嘴烏鴉, 食腐肉乌鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 冠小嘴烏鴉, 小嘴乌鸦/冠小嘴乌鸦, 小嘴烏鴉, 食腐肉烏鴉
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小嘴烏鴉
Chinese (Taiwan): 小嘴乌鸦
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