Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 109,804
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
Description
The hooded crow, also colloquially called just hoodie, is a Eurasian bird subspecies of the carrion crow in the genus Corvus. Widely distributed, it is found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East. It is an ashy-grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. Like other corvids, it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hooded crow”.