HOUSE CROW

 

Photographed in South Melbourne, January 2026

(339*)        HOUSE CROW           Corvus splendens

AUSTRALIA            814

Also known as Indian Crow, Greynecked Crow, Ceylon Crow or Colombo Crow. Range India, Nepal and Bangladesh, but although Asian in origin it has now spread to many parts of the world. Individuals sometimes arrive in Australia by ship but it is considered a threat and they have been exterminated. 

SOUTHERN JUNGLE CROW

 

Photographed at Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

1328                   SOUTHERN JUNGLE CROW                   Corvus macrorhynchos

CAMBODIA                  41

Found in open forest and woodland, open areas and cultivation, urban areas, mangroves, up to 1,525 m. Resident Sandra's, Philippines; uncommon to common resident S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Indochina, S Tenasserim.

HOUSE CROW

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   339)              HOUSE CROW                Corvus splendens

MALAYSIA               57

Found in towns, villages and around human habitat. 42 cm. Normally resident from Afghanistan eastwards through Indian sub-continent and S China to SW Thailand; present in Malaysian Peninsula since c. 1904.

LARGE-BILLED CROW

Subspecies culminatus, March 2017

(*  984)                  LARGE-BILLED CROW                Corvus macrorhynchos

SRI LANKA               92

Also known as Indian Jungle Crow. Found in villages and towns adjoining forest. 46-59 cm. Fairly common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.

LARGE-BILLED CROW

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

984              LARGE-BILLED CROW                   Corvus macrorhynchos

NEPAL             32

Wide habitat range, frequently scavenging. 46-49 cm. Common and widespread resident.

HOUSE CROW

(see    339)         HOUSE CROW           Corvus splendens

SINGAPORE        (14)

Also known as Indian Crow, Greynecked Crow, Ceylon Crow or Colombo Crow. Range India, Nepal and Bangladesh, but although Asian in origin it has now spread to many parts of the world. Introduced into Singapore but now one of only 6 species it is legal to kill.

LITTLE CROW

Photographed at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory May 2016

784            LITTLE CROW           Corvus bennnetti

Australia         (628)

Smallest, shortest legged of the Aust. corvids. 45-48 cm. Found in mallee, mulga, other acacia scrubs, tambourin watercourses; grasslands; deserts, near treeless plains, coastal woodlands, farmlands, abattoirs, towns. Range: Inland and w. Aust., coastal islands.

TORRESIAN CROW

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

592           TORRESIAN CROW                Corvus Orru

Australian            (435)

48-53 cm. Found on rainforest margins; open forests, woodlands, taller inland/coastal scrubs; beaches, tidal areas; in arid regions, ranges, gorges, timber on larger watercourses; also farms, settlements. Range: from c. Raymond Terrace (e. NSW), throughout n. and inland Aust. (except far sw Q. and driest deserts); s. through s. NT to Mann, Musgrave and Everard Rs.-Eringa (nw. SA); in WA, s. coastally to c. Geraldton, s. to c. Corrigin-Norseman.

HOUSE CROW

339         HOUSE CROW           Corvus splendens

Nepal         (16)

Also known as Indian Crow, Greynecked Crow, Ceylon Crow or Colombo Crow. Range India, Nepal and Bangladesh, but although Asian in origin it has now spread to many parts of the world. Arrived in Australia by ship but has been exterminated. Populations always associated with humans, living largely off human refuse.

HOODED CROW

311            HOODED CROW           Corvus cornix

Europe          (2)

Also known as Hoodiecrow, or locally as Danish Crow, Scotch Crow, and Corbie or Grey Crow in Ireland. It is found across Northern, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East. 48-52 cm, wingspan 98 cm, weight averages 510 grams. It is an omnivore; will open mollusc and crabs by dropping them; will also hide food to eat later.

PIED CROW

242         PIED CROW           Corvus albus

South Africa             (5)

46-50 cm, 410-610 gms. Widespread across most of South Africa, often in flocks, roosts communally, sometimes in thousands, familiar along roadsides, often feeding on roadkill and nesting on telegraph poles.