House Crow

Latin Name: 
Corvus splendens
Category: 
Size: 
43cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Black plumage; grey collar, upper back and breast; glossy black on forehead, crown and throat. The Eurasian Jackdaw C. monedula (33cm) is  similar to the House Crow, but is smaller, thicker-necked and white-eyed; it is common in Kashmir. Described as an extension of man’s society; street-smart, sharp, swift, sociable, sinister, the crow is almost totally commensal on man; snatches food from tables and shops; mobs other birds, even large raptors; performs important scavenging services; occasionally flies very high into skies, either when flying long distance, or simply for fun; communal roost sites.

Habitat: 
habitation rural and urban; cultivation, forest edges; range of habitats very wide.
Food: 
omnivorous; robs young birds from nests; drives other birds from flowering trees.
Distribution: 
subcontinent, reaching about 2,500m in the Himalaya.
Call: 
Call Description: 
familiar caw call; occasionally a pleasant kurrrrr note; several other notes.
National Status: