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    Northwestern Crow

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    Northwestern Crow

    Corvus caurinus
    • ORDER: Passeriformes
    • FAMILY: Corvidae
    Basic Description

    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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    Other Names
    • Cuervo de Alaska (Spanish)
    • Corneille d'Alaska (French)
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