HELP NEEDED: Raven or Crow?
Well, what is it? I think this is probably a crow, but ravens don't seem that much bigger. Or am I well out.
He looks like he's been walking for days.
posted by TheWatcher at 10:28 pm
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Well, what is it? I think this is probably a crow, but ravens don't seem that much bigger. Or am I well out.
He looks like he's been walking for days.
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Ravens are about 1/3 larger than crows. They have somewhat heavier bills, more fan-shaped tails, sometimes they have a ruff (mane) of feathers around the throat. But essentially, crows and ravens are identical in color, shape - and most importantly - behavior.
Crows and ravens are competitors, and both species are seldom found in the same locale. Ravens are most often found in heavily wooded, mountainous, cold, or desert regions. Crows may be spotted in more temperate, mixed habitat areas.
Northern ravens (those of Arizona) are transglobal, and found around the world. There are 42 species of crows and ravens (corvidae) found in all parts of the world from the arctic to the tropics, excepting (for reasons known only to God) South America.
Most of them are very similar, predominantly black birds. The American crow is typical, and found throughout the United States, except Hawaii. Other US species include the fish crow (a bit smaller than the common crow) found mostly in southeastern coastal and riparian regions; the Pacific Northwest crows are much like the American crow, and, in fact, may be (according to one's favorite taxonomist) only a subspecies.
For more information see, ASCAR's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Crows and Ravens.
( http://www.ascaronline.org/crowfaq.html )
for all your crow-based conundrums
11:47 am
I love the internet!
Thanks for this, you've solved the whole issue for me and I can't see me ever being stuck with crow-based conundrums again.
Where's he going though?
3:09 pm
I think he's just trying to find a spot that's not red-routed so his mate can pull over & pick him up.
Either that or he's a P.I. tailing the bloke who's crossing the road- he's got that nonchalent 'I'm not following you' air about him. You ain't seen me, right?
1:05 pm
Maybe the bloke in the hood just looked around - hence the 'I'm just minding my own business' look.
4:35 pm
I say, find a raven and a crow, and ask them the question.
Bet the raven says it's a crow and the crow says it's a raven!
11:28 pm
That's poetry, right there.
7:06 pm
Ravens are just crows with a better PR machine.
(Now that's poetry.)
1:41 am
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