#0959 · 🐦 birds
Pied Crow
🇳🇱 Schildraaf ·Corvus albus
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- 1. © Alex R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ian White · CC BY-ND 4.0
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- 4. © Lip Kee · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 6. © Ron Knight · CC BY 4.0
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- 8. © Werner Witte · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
The pied crow ( Corvus albus ) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,381 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 22 g.
- Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pied Crow
- Nederlands
- Schildraaf
- scientific name
- Corvus albus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Corvidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 39
- sightings worldwide
- 10,381
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,244
- weight
- 21.8 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Corvidae
#0536 📷 10Eurasian Jackdaw
🇳🇱 Kauw
Coloeus monedula
LC 👀 5.2k in NL
#0547 📷 10Carrion Crow
🇳🇱 Zwarte Kraai
Corvus corone
LC 👀 3.6k in NL
#0551 📷 8Eurasian Magpie
🇳🇱 Ekster
Pica pica
LC 👀 3.1k in NL
#0576 📷 10Eurasian Jay
🇳🇱 Gaai
Garrulus glandarius
LC 👀 1.6k in NL
#0636 📷 10Rook
🇳🇱 Roek
Corvus frugilegus
LC 👀 399 in NL
#0670 📷 9Common Raven
🇳🇱 Raaf
Corvus corax
LC 👀 226 in NL
#0764 📷 10Northern Nutcracker
🇳🇱 Notenkraker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
LC 👀 41 in NL
#0780 📷 10Hooded Crow
🇳🇱 Bonte kraai
Corvus cornix
👀 34 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 8038, Wikidata Q949603, GBIF 2482519, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.