Carrion crow

The carrion crow is an omnivore at the carnivore trophic level, a terrestrial and sedentary species of human-modified land with a geographic range of 33,340,000 km². It lays 4.5 eggs per clutch, one clutch per year, incubates them for 19 days, reaches sexual maturity at 2.7 years and has a lifespan of 14.67 years, with values up to 19.17 years; its IUCN status is Least Concern.

Weight

512 g – 577 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

91 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

14.7 years – 19.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

human_modifiedsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

19 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.49 years – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The carrion crow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyCorvidae
6. genusCorvus
7. SpeciesCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Corone cornix, Corone corone, Corvus cornix kaukasicus, Corvus corone, Corvus corone yunnanensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Common raven

Corvus corax

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Corvidae

Hooded crow

Corvus cornix

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

House crow

Corvus splendens

Corvidae

P

Pied crow

Corvus albus

CorvidaeNo free photo yet

J

Jungle crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

CorvidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCarrion crow vs Common ravenCarrion crow vs RookCarrion crow vs Hooded crowCarrion crow vs House crow

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@misc{carrion_crow_2026,
  title = {Carrion crow (Corvus corone)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carrion-crow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}