Stats

Lifespan

10-20 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

Widespread across South and East Asia, this glossy blue-black corvid is named for its outsized, arched bill. Individuals can recognize and remember specific human faces, reacting differently to people who have hassled them versus total strangers.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae

Genus

Corvus

Species

Corvus macrorhynchos