Listen to the carrion crow
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About the carrion crow
The carrion crow is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 91 cm.
What does the carrion crow sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call, alarm call and begging call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae, native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Along with the hooded crow (Corvus cornix), the carrion crow occupies a similar ecological niche in Eurasia to the American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in North America. The two species look very similar to one another, but can be differentiated by size, as the carrion crow is larger and of a stockier build compared to the American crow.
Related birds in the genus Corvus
More from the family Corvidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a carrion crow sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the carrion crow on this page, including its call, alarm call and begging call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the carrion crow endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the carrion crow as “least concern”.
What family does the carrion crow belong to?
The carrion crow (Corvus corone) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) (W1CDR0001425 BD18) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call, call · Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call · Botanical school, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Île-de-France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Botanical school, Jardin des Plantes, Paris… by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call · Botanical school, Jardin des Plantes, Paris… by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call, call · Jardin des Plantes (near Paris), Arrondissement de Paris… by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q26198 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Carrion crow – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Alexis Lours – CC BY 4.0