#0830 · 🐦 birds

House Crow

🇳🇱 Huiskraai ·Corvus splendens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The house crow ( Corvus splendens ), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow , is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the jackdaw and the carrion crow in size (40 cm (16 in) in length) but is slimmer than either.

base stats

NL sightings 14iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,454iNaturalist observations
weight 317 gadult, up to
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

Spotted 14 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
22,454 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 317 g.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.

fact sheet

English: House Crow
Nederlands: Huiskraai
scientific name: Corvus splendens
class: Aves
order: Passeriformes
family: Corvidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
in NL: introduced
sightings in NL: 14
sightings in Europe: 14
sightings worldwide: 22,454
GBIF records in NL: 4,357
weight: 317 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1817 by Louis Pierre Vieillot

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Corvidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 8031, Wikidata Q507383, GBIF 2482499, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.