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.

LITTLE RAVEN

Photographed at Werribee Wetlands, Victoria, February 2015.

493            LITTLE RAVEN                Corvus mellori

Australia      (334)

48-50 cm.  Range across se mainland Australia from s tip of SA/WA border through Broken Hill up to top of New England Highlands and as far as Port Macquarie on the coast. Found in alpine woodlands to over 1600 m; forest, woodlands to almost treeless plains, sub-inland woodlands and scrub, pastoral country and farmlands, coasts, suburbs and cities.

FOREST RAVEN

Photographed near Queenstown, Tasmania, January 2015. 

477           FOREST RAVEN               Corvus tasmanicus

Australia       (318)

Also known as Tasmanian raven, only corvid in Tasmania proper. Ranges across Tasmania, southern Victoria and in NSW from Glen Innes, Barrington Tops, Coff Harbour to Port Stephens. Habitat from alpine forests, high moors to wet eucalyptus forests, woodlands, coastal scrubs, beaches, orchards, pine plantation, open country and urban environs. 52-54 cm.

AUSTRALIAN RAVEN

Photographed in Canberra, December 2014

470          AUSTRALIAN RAVEN                Corvus coronoides 

Australia            (312)

46-53 cm. Range southern and northeastern mainland. Found in open woodlands, and transitional zones, well adapted to urban environments, and is common in Sydney, Canberra and Perth.

COMMON RAVEN

Photographed in Wales, January, 2014

312              COMMON RAVEN           Corvus corax

Britain                (11)

Also known as Northern Raven. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, most widespread of corvids (crows). 56-78, wingspan 100-150 cm, 1.2 kgs. Co-exist with humans and in some areas regarded as pests. Intelligent. Thrives in a wide range of habitat.