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SpeciesPasseriformesCorvidae
Birds

🐦‍⬛Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758

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.

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vs you
≈ 1/110th of your weight
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Corvus cornix yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
0.54 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
17 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Hooded Crow

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.54 kg
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Maximum lifespan
17 years
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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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 Hooded Crow yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familyCorvidae
  6. ›genusCorvus
  7. ›speciesCorvus cornix
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  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  4. genusCorvus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  11. genusCorvus
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In other languages
bonte kraai (nl), corneille mantelée (fr), wrona siwa (pl), Corvus cornix (es), dolmányos varjú (hu), Κουρούνα (el) … and 26 more languages
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