🐦⬛American Crow
The American crow is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America, only absent from the tundra biome. The American crow is the New World counterpart to the carrion crow and the hooded crow of Eurasia, occupying similar ecological niches.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 0.45 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the American Crow
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.45 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.38 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.31 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation18 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 5AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatHuman ModifiedAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for American Crow yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPasseriformes
- ›familyCorvidae
- ›genusCorvus
- ›speciesCorvus brachyrhynchos
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusCorvus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusCorvus
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