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The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face.
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.
Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in flight Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) scavenging on a dead shark at a beach in Kumamoto, Japan. Medium-large species are ascribed to the genus, ranging from 34 cm (13 in) of some small Mexican species to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) of the large common raven and thick-billed raven, which together with the lyrebird represent the larger passerines.
Western jackdaws frequently congregate with hooded crows [35] or rooks, [37] the latter particularly when migrating or roosting. [57] They have been recorded foraging with the common starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ), Northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), and common gull ( Larus canus ) in northwestern England. [ 57 ]
Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 – Cape crow or Cape rook (east and southern Africa) Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus , 1758 – rook (Eurasia, introduced to New Zealand ) Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, CL , 1822 – American crow (the United States , southern Canada and northern Mexico )
“Crows have been paying attention to individual people more than perhaps any other bird,” McGowan said, noting that crows can discern human intentions. The uptick in humans approaching and ...