#0670 · 🐦 birds

Common Raven

🇳🇱 Raaf ·Corvus corax

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The common raven ( Corvus corax ), also known as the northern raven , is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are at least eight subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity,...

base stats

NL sightings 226iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 195,636iNaturalist observations
weight 1.6 kgadult, up to
length 69 cmadult, up to
lifespan 17 yrmaximum recorded
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).