Stats

Lifespan

6-8 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

South Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Herd Safety

Status

Uncommon

About

The House Crow is a sleek corvid from the Indian subcontinent, instantly recognized by its glossy black head and wings contrasting with a pale gray collar across the neck and breast. It has spread to port cities across Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia by stowing away on ships, making it one of the world's most successful avian colonizers.

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 splendens