Australian raven: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian raven lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Corvus coronoides
Group	Crows, jays & magpies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	22 g (birth weight); 630 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Corvidae

Where does the Australian raven live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian raven in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian raven?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian raven: mass 22 g (birth weight); 630 g (adult weight).

Is the Australian raven endangered?

The Australian raven’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian raven?

The Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Corvidae, genus Corvus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian raven

The Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) is a passerine corvid bird native to Australia. Measuring 46–53 centimetres (18–21 in) in length, it has an all-black plumage, beak and mouth, as well as strong, greyish-black legs and feet. The upperparts of its body are glossy, with a purple-blue, greenish sheen; its black feathers have grey bases. The Australian raven is distinguished from the Australian crow, and other related corvids, by its long chest feathers, or throat hackles, which are prominent in mature birds. Older individuals and subadults have white irises, while the younger birds' eyes display blue inner rims; hatchlings and young birds have brown, dark irises until about fifteen months of age, at which point their irises become hazel-coloured, with an inner blue rim around each pupil, this lasting until they are roughly 2.5 to 3 years of age. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the Australian raven in 1827, its species name coronoides highlighting its similarity with the carrion crow (C. corone). Two subspecies are recognised, which differ slightly in their vocalisations, and are quite divergent, genetically.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian raven (revision 1375674053), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1584072 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).