The Hooded Crow is widely distributed across northern, eastern and southeastern Europe, and the middle east. It is a grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail and bill.
It is similar in morphology and habits to the Carrion Crow. The Hooded Crow is omnivorous, with a diet similar to that of the Carrion Crow. It also drops molluscs and crabs to break them after the manner of the Carrion Crow.
The Hooded Crow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and was last assessed in 2014 by BirdLife International. This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
The Hooded Crow, also known as the Hoodiecrow, Scotch Crow, Danish Crow or Grey Crow, lives across Europe and Asia. They are colored grey with black heads, wings and tails. This is our totally cute Birdorable version of the Hooded Crow: Read more »
