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Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Hooded Crow, photographed by Raul Kozenevski

Photo: Raul Kozenevski · Pexels · Pexels License (licence)

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About the Hooded Crow

Distinctive crow with an ashy gray body and contrasting black head, wings, and tail. Essentially unmistakable unless seen in poor light or at a distance. Birds average paler in eastern parts of range, with “Mesopotamian Crow” of Iraq and southwestern Iran being almost black-and-white. Found in varied open and semiopen habitats from towns and farmland to open woodland and moorland. Found in pairs or small groups, not usually in large flocks except at roosts. Hybridizes with Carrion Crow where the two overlap. Gives typical crow caws, often indistinguishable from those of Carrion Crow.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 76 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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