Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

All-black, all-purpose, all over Europe. The default crow.

Population: 54–91.7 million mature individuals globally, stable trend over three generations (BirdLife DataZone / IUCN); ~16.2–27.5 million mature individuals in the European portion of the range (~30% of global range)
Habitat: Highly adaptable — farmland, woodland, moorland, sea cliffs, coastal areas, marshland and lightly cultivated land with scattered trees, and increasingly cities/suburbs and other human settlements
Fun fact: Carrion crows in Sendai, Japan have been documented (Nihei, 1995) placing walnuts in front of stopped road traffic at intersections so passing car wheels crack the shells, then retrieving the kernels once the light changes and traffic pauses again.
Range: Western Europe across the western/eastern Palearctic to Japan (extent of occurrence ~81.6–85.7 million km²); also a smaller population along the Nile in Egypt/North Africa
Diet: Omnivorous and opportunistic: carrion, insects, earthworms, small mammals, amphibians, fish, eggs and young birds, grain, fruit, seeds, nuts, and human food scraps; caches food extensively (remembering hundreds to thousands of locations) and some populations hunt cooperatively (e.g., harassing raptors/foxes for kills, mobbing ducklings)
Size: 0.5 m
Wingspan: 0.92 m
Lifespan: 10 years

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