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Range Map for American Crow

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Short-distance migrant or resident. Most of the crows that breed in Canada winter in the United States, and no crows regularly winter in Mexico.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (2020) Distribution map for American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos. Modified accounting for taxonomic differences from BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2019) Bird species distribution maps of the world. Version 2017.2.

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Crows, Jays, and Magpies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Corvidae)

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