Similar Species for Northwestern Crow
Similar Species
American Crow
Adult
American Crows are larger than Northwestern Crows with a higher pitched call.
© Henry Burton | Macaulay LibraryOregon, March 19, 2017Similar Species
Common Raven
Adult
Common Ravens are larger with a heftier bill than Northwestern Crows.
© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 14, 2007Main Species
Northwestern Crow
Slightly smaller than but otherwise identical to the American Crow. Best separated by habitat, range (confined to Pacific Northwest), and possibly its more nasal call.
© Phil Green | Macaulay LibraryWashington, August 08, 2004Small, entirely black crow. Note the stout black bill covered with stiff, bristlelike feathers.
© Gates Dupont | Macaulay LibraryWashington, August 07, 2017Typically found along the coast at tidepools and river deltas, not in forest. Also increasingly found in towns.
© Evan Barrientos | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 29, 2011Slightly smaller than an American Crow. Entirely black with a heavy black bill.
© John Reynolds | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, February 05, 2017Often seen on the ground, where it forages for marine invertebrates, fish, snakes, amphibians, seeds, garbage, and carrion.
© Tom Johnson | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, May 20, 2012Found along a narrow coastal strip of the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to northwestern Washington.
© Olli Haukkovaara | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, October 30, 2009