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Northwestern Crow

Corvus caurinus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: CORVIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© Kevin T. Karlson

A small crow of the northern Pacific Coast, the Northwestern Crow is becoming quite at home in urban areas as well as along the shore. It is smaller than the American Crow and has a more nasal call, but it is so similar that the two may in fact be the same species.

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Measurements
Both Sexes
Wingspan
30.3 in
77 cm
Other Names
  • Le Corneille d'Alaska (French)
  • Cuervo Noroccidental (Spanish)

Cool Facts

  • The Northwestern Crow may be only a subspecies of the American Crow. The two are extremely similar, differing just in size and voice. In the Puget Sound area a number of intermediate crows can be found, and just what species is the common one there is difficult to determine.

Habitat


Open Woodland
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Food


Omnivore
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Nesting

Nest Placement

Tree
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Behavior


Ground Forager
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Conservation

status via IUCN

Least Concern

Common and increasing.

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Credits

  • Verbeek, N. A. M., and R. W. Butler. 1999. Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus). In The Birds of North America, No. 407 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
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