Rook: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the rook lives – recorded in 54 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Corvus frugilegus
Group	Crows, jays & magpies
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	54 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, Oceania
Mass	489 g (male organism, adult weight); 418 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Corvidae

Where does the rook live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the rook in 54 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Hefei, Poland. In New Zealand it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

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 rook?

Wikidata records the following for the rook: mass 489 g (male organism, adult weight); 418 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the rook endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the rook?

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

About the rook

The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face. Rooks nest collectively in the tops of tall trees, often close to farms or villages; the groups of nests are known as rookeries.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rook (bird) (revision 1379356136), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25386 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).