#1256 · 🐦 birds

American Crow

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Kraai ·Corvus brachyrhynchos

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The American crow ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ) is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America. American crows are the new world counterpart to the carrion crow and the hooded crow. Although the American crow and the hooded crow are very similar in size, structure and behavior, their calls are different. The American crow nevertheless occupies the same role the hooded crow does in Eurasia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 225,047iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
225,047 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1822 (204 years ago).