Stats

Lifespan: 4-10 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Europe and East Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Group defense
Status: Common

About

The Carrion Crow is an all-black corvid native to western Europe and eastern Asia, known for its intelligence and adaptability. It is one of the few animals confirmed to use tools in the wild, sometimes dropping hard-shelled nuts onto roads for passing cars to crack open.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
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 corone