# Carrion Crow

*Corvus corone*

Carrion crows are known to use traffic as a tool, dropping hard-shelled nuts onto roads so that passing cars will crack them open.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Corvidae › Corvus
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** increasing
- **Biome:** urban
- **Habitat:** Woodlands, farmland, parks, gardens, and urban centers.
- **Diet:** Omnivorous scavenger: consumes carrion, insects, seeds, fruit, small mammals, and eggs.
- **Range:** Western Europe, East Asia
- **Size:** 45-52 cm in length with a wingspan of 93-104 cm
- **Lifespan:** 7-15 years in the wild
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Illegal persecution by some agricultural sectors, habitat loss, and secondary poisoning from rodenticides.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless and highly intelligent. Maintain a respectful distance of 2-5 meters to avoid causing stress. Do not offer processed human food; if you must feed them, use unsalted peanuts or mealworms. If you find an injured crow, contact a local wildlife rehabilitator rather than handling it directly to avoid a defensive peck.

## About

The carrion crow ( Corvus corone ) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/b993cbcf-ef3b-4a73-933b-58a397482e91
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204496
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus corone
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/34579728/medium.jpeg (Charlotte Kirchner, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.