#0547 · 🐦 birds
Carrion Crow
🇳🇱 Zwarte Kraai ·Corvus corone
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- 1. © cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Eidiu · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Lina Goldman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
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- 8. © Paul nicholls · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Chris · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Charlie Farrell · CC0
what is it?
The carrion crow ( Corvus corone ) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia.
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 3,553 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #16 most seen of the birds in NL.
- 122,138 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Carrion Crow
- Nederlands
- Zwarte Kraai
- scientific name
- Corvus corone
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Corvidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 3,553
- sightings in Europe
- 73,767
- sightings worldwide
- 122,138
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,001,457
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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
#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
#0830 📷 7House Crow
🇳🇱 Huiskraai
Corvus splendens
LC 👀 14 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 204496, Wikidata Q26198, GBIF 9409796, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.