House crow Corvus splendens Least concern
Where the house crow lives – recorded in 31 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 1,477,514 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See crows, jays & magpies on the world map
| Scientific name | Corvus splendens |
|---|---|
| Group | Crows, jays & magpies |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 31 countries |
| Continents | Africa, Asia, North America |
| Mass | 13.7 g (birth weight); 317 g (male organism, adult weight); 270 g (female organism, adult weight) |
| Class | Bird |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Corvidae |
Where does the house crow live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the house crow in 31 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Indonesia. In United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Bhutan, Djibouti, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Malaysia, Mozambique, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tanzania, South Africa it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Nepal
- Singapore (introduced)
- United Arab Emirates (introduced)
- Bangladesh
- Malaysia (introduced)
- Israel (introduced)
- Pakistan
- Kenya (introduced)
- Tanzania (introduced)
- Oman (introduced)
- Myanmar
- Egypt (introduced)
- South Africa (introduced)
- Saudi Arabia (introduced)
- Bhutan (introduced)
- Mozambique (introduced)
- Maldives
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Jordan (introduced)
- Djibouti (introduced)
- Mauritius (introduced)
- Kuwait
- Thailand
- United States
- Qatar (introduced)
- Hong Kong
- Chinese Taipei
- Bahrain (introduced)
- Afghanistan
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 a house crow?
Wikidata records the following for the house crow: mass 13.7 g (birth weight); 317 g (male organism, adult weight); 270 g (female organism, adult weight).
Is the house crow endangered?
The house crow’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the house crow?
The house crow (Corvus splendens) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Corvidae, genus Corvus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the house crow
The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the jackdaw and the carrion crow in size (40 cm (16 in) in length) but is slimmer than either. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are a richly glossed black, whilst the neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown in colour. The wings, tail and legs are black. There are regional variations in the thickness of the bill and the depth of colour in areas of the plumage.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article House crow (revision 1379087126), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q507383 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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