#7 Northwestern Crow
Common Name: Crow
Description
Description
- All black plumage
- Black feet, bill and feet
- Black feet, bill and feet
- About 25cm (beak to tail feathers)
- Adult eyes are dark brown, while young crows have blue eyes
- In flight, the crow has a fan shaped tail
- Crows lay between 4-7 eggs, and the colors of the eggs often vary
- In flight, the crow has a fan shaped tail
- Crows lay between 4-7 eggs, and the colors of the eggs often vary
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Corvidae
- Genus: Corvus
- Species: C.caurinus
Ecology
- The Northwestern Crow may be only a subspecies of the American Crow, the two are extremely similar, differing just in size and voice.
- Crows are omnivores and their diet is very diverse, they will eat almost anything.
- Crows reach sexually maturity around the age of three for females and five for males.
- Most crows will live between 25-30 years, however the oldest documented crow was 59 years old.
- Their predators include; cats, raccoon, ravens and raptors. Crows will often gather in large groups to mob these predators.
- Crows are an extremely intelligent bird, they have been known to engage in sports, tool use, the ability to hide and store food across seasons, image recognition and the ability to predict the behavior of their predators.
- Generally they nest alone, but sometimes crows will nest near a few other crows in trees or large bushes
- Scarecrows as the name would indicate are used by farmers to scare crows away and stop them from eating their crops.
- Crows voices are varied however the most common is described as a high pitched "caw".
- Crows are omnivores and their diet is very diverse, they will eat almost anything.
- Crows reach sexually maturity around the age of three for females and five for males.
- Most crows will live between 25-30 years, however the oldest documented crow was 59 years old.
- Their predators include; cats, raccoon, ravens and raptors. Crows will often gather in large groups to mob these predators.
- Crows are an extremely intelligent bird, they have been known to engage in sports, tool use, the ability to hide and store food across seasons, image recognition and the ability to predict the behavior of their predators.
- Generally they nest alone, but sometimes crows will nest near a few other crows in trees or large bushes
- Scarecrows as the name would indicate are used by farmers to scare crows away and stop them from eating their crops.
- Crows voices are varied however the most common is described as a high pitched "caw".
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