Northwestern Crow Identification

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.

Small, entirely black crow. Note the stout black bill covered with stiff, bristlelike feathers.

Typically found along the coast at tidepools and river deltas, not in forest. Also increasingly found in towns.

Slightly smaller than an American Crow. Entirely black with a heavy black bill.

Often seen on the ground, where it forages for marine invertebrates, fish, snakes, amphibians, seeds, garbage, and carrion.

Found along a narrow coastal strip of the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to northwestern Washington.