Carrion Crow

Unnoticed biodiversity

Identification

Common name: Carrion Crow
Latin name: Corvus corone
Length: 53 cm
Distinguishing features: entirely black, glossy plumage, with no difference between males and females; stout beak with slightly curved tip.
Habitat: open and semi-open country
Diet: omnivorous
Status: Least Concern in the Ile-de-France region
Nesting period: from February

Seen in the garden

Carrion Crows dig up the garden’s flower beds and lawns looking for scarab beetle larvae (Melolonthinae), causing damage similar to that caused by wild boars in fields, and creating extra work for the ornamental gardeners.

Carrion Crow - series of typical caws

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Did you know?

In 2015, the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) launched a ringing scheme to study the movements and survival of the Carrion Crow population. Everyone is welcome to help survey the population.
If you see a Carrion Crow with a coloured ring around its leg bearing a three-digit code, you can indicate its location on the website https://corneilles-paris.fr/index_en.php. The Louvre partnered with the programme in 2017 to allow MNHN scientists to study the Carrion Crow populations in the Tuileries.

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