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A carrion crow scavenging on a beach in Dorset, England. A crow (pronounced / ˈ k r oʊ /) is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly, a synonym for all of Corvus.The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species.
Its scientific name means literally 'short-billed crow', from Ancient Greek βραχυ-brachy-('short-') and ρυνχος rhynchos ('billed'). [ 4 ] A 2012 genetic analysis of the genus Corvus by Knud A Jønsson and colleagues using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA calculated that the American crow diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the ...
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.
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.
The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name of Corvus corone. [2] The binomial name is derived from the Latin corvus, "raven", [3] and Greek κορώνη korōnē, "crow". [4]
After a crow was spotted dangling from a fallen tree at Owen Beach, an ad-hoc rescue team stepped in to try and save it. Alex Holmes, park guide with Metro Parks Tacoma, got a call to help the ...
The genus contains 50 species: [1] Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 – house crow or Indian house crow (Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Middle East, eastern Africa); Corvus moneduloides Lesson, RP, 1831 – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia)
Sheryl Crow will never forget her very first Grammys experience. On Sunday, Feb. 2, PEOPLE spoke to the “First Cut Is the Deepest” singer, 62, on the 2025 Grammys red carpet live from the ...