Stats

Lifespan: 4-16 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: Eurasia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

The Hooded Crow is a two-toned corvid with a pale grey body and jet-black hood, wings, and tail. It is one of the few crow species that did not evolve from a common ancestor with other all-black crows, having diverged from the Carrion Crow only about 2 million years ago.

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 cornix