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Corvus coraxOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Crows and Jays (Corvidae)
Common Raven Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye color: Brown iris
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown color: Black, Gray
  • Forehead color: Black
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat color: Black
  • Cere color:
Splitbar
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Common Raven Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 60-66 cm (24-26 in)
  • Weight: 1224 g (43.2 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: Black
  • Underparts: Black
  • Upperparts: Black with purple sheen.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Common Raven Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Strong flight., Soars on thermals and updrafts.
  • Wingspan Range: 116-142 cm (46-56 in)
  • Wing Shape: Broad-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg color: Black
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Family Crows and Ravens (Corvidae)_blue
Species Corvus corax
Length24 - 26 Inches
Wingspan51 Inches

Common Raven

Common Raven: Large raven with all-black body, large, stout bill, wedge-shaped tail. Eats invertebrates, vertebrates, insects, carrion, refuse, eggs and young of other birds, and rodents. Strong flight, alternates several deep wing beats with long glides on flat wings. Soars on thermals, updrafts.

● Song: "croooaaak", "cur-ruk", "tok", "wonk-wonk"

● Foraging & Feeding: Common Raven: Eats carrion and associated insects such as maggots and beetles; also feeds on afterbirth of ewes and other large mammals, small mammals, reptiles, frogs, young or wounded birds, grains, acorns, and fruits. Mostly forages on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Common Raven: Three to seven dull green eggs spotted with brown are laid in a large nest made of sticks, lined with fur, moss, and lichens, and built on a cliff or in the top of a conifer. Incubation ranges from 18 to 21 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Common Raven: Chihuahuan Raven is smaller with different calls and occupies habitats that are more arid. Crows are smaller with squared tails and different calls.

Flight Pattern

Strong flight., Soars on thermals and updrafts.
Common Raven Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Common Raven: Resident from the Aleutians, northern Alaska and northern Canada south throughout western U.S. to Minnesota, Great Lakes, and northern New England; also found in the Appalachians to northwestern Georgia. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests and rocky coasts; also found in deserts and arid mountains in the west.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight43.2 Ounces