Pied crow Corvus albus Least concern
Where the pied crow lives – recorded in 38 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 481,704 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See crows, jays & magpies on the world map
| Scientific name | Corvus albus |
|---|---|
| Group | Crows, jays & magpies |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 38 countries |
| Continents | Africa, Europe |
| Mass | 21.8 g (birth weight) |
| Class | Bird |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Corvidae |
Where does the pied crow live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pied crow in 38 countries and territories across Africa and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso. In Comoros it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).
- South Africa
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Namibia
- Zimbabwe
- Ghana
- Madagascar
- Nigeria
- Gambia
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
- Rwanda
- Botswana
- Mozambique
- Senegal
- Malawi
- Eswatini
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Cameroon
- Angola
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Sierra Leone
- Congo
- Lesotho
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Mayotte
- Togo
- Chad
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Spain
- Comoros (introduced)
- Niger
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 pied crow?
Wikidata records the following for the pied crow: mass 21.8 g (birth weight).
Is the pied crow endangered?
The pied crow’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the pied crow?
The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Corvidae, genus Corvus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the pied crow
The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.
Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa. Its behaviour, though, is more typical of the Eurasian carrion crows, and it may be a modern link (along with the Somali crow) between the Eurasian crows and the common raven.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pied crow (revision 1381015166), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q949603 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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