Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
The Hooded Crow has long been regarded as a sub-species of the Carrion Crow Corvus corone largely because there is a wide range of intergradation between the Hooded and Carrion Crows where they meet which is in ...
Hooded Crow Behaviour
No observations regarding Hooded Crow behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Hooded Crow ...
Hooded crows have a folkloric reputation as harbingers of danger. They are very closely related to the carrion crow and the two species sometimes interbreed.
Hooded crow
The hooded crow is closely related to the carrion crow, which until recently was regarded as the same species. In areas where the two species overlap there may be some interbreeding with hybrids showi... More...
Jackdaw ...
Hooded crow (Corvus cornix)
House crow (Corvus splendens)
Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi)
White-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) ...
Hooded Crows and Black Crows belong to the same species: Corvus corone. Magpies are not shy really, but keep their distance from humans. Picture to the left: $.
The Hooded Crow is the same species as the Carrion Crow but is a different race, which can be mostly found in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, though some wintering continental birds may be seen in eastern England.
Carrion and Hooded Crows were formerly consider races of the same species, Corvus corone. That designation is now assigned to the Carrion Crow, and the Hooded Crow, formerly Corvus corone cornix, has been elevated to Corvux cornix.
Corvus cornix (Hooded Crow)
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow)
Corvus frugilegus (Rook)
Corvus monedula (Jackdaw)
Cyanocitta cristata (Blue Jay)
Delichon urbica (House Martin)
Dicrurus caerulescens (White-bellied Drongo) ...
In much of Ireland and Scotland, our carrion crow is replaced by the grey-and-black hooded crow; in the border zones, the two species inter-breed. Why there should be two distinct races inhabiting adjoining climatic zones is a mystery.
Brown-necked Raven C. ruficollis
Fan-tailed Raven C. rhipidurus
Jackdaw C. monedula
Rook C. frugilegus
Hooded Crow C. cornix ...
Juvenile White Ibis in New Jersey
A Northern Wheatear in New York
Got the Gull, or, Gray-hooded Gull at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
Double Dipping the Coney Island Gray-hooded Gull
Hooded Crow in Staten Island, New York ...
Their ability to adapt to a range of habitats has found these doves in various countries including Australia and China as well as the USSR and many others. The main threat to these doves is nest predation by hooded crows, jays, rats, and snakes.
One species, the New Caledonian Crow, has recently been intensively studied because of its ability to manufacture and use its own tools in the day-to-day search for food. Wild hooded crows in Israel have learned to use bread crumbs for bait-fishing.
Corvus corone - Hooded Crow
Corvus corax - Common Raven (in Birds of NWO)
Sturnidae - Starlings
Sturnus
Sturnus vulgaris - European Starling (in Birds of NWO)
Sturnus roseus - Rose-coloured Starling
Fringillidae - Finches ...
 See also: Crow, Carrion crow, Raven, Magpie, Common Raven
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