American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

OTHER NAMES: Crow
Latin Etymology: Corvus ("raven") brachyrhynchus ("short bill")

 
Adult American Crow (subspecies C. b. hesperis) at Berkeley, Califoria - August 2022

Featured Subspecies: Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis ("Western Crow")
Weight: 316-620g  /  Length: 40-53cm  /  Wingspan: 85-100cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern

With a range centred around the American Crow fills much the same niche as the Carrion and Hooded Crow do in Europe. It's range is centred on the US and Southern Canada, also reaching into Northern Mexico. Interestingly, in the Bay Area it shares much of it's range with Common Raven, which in Europe is generally a species that favours more remote areas.

Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Corvus
SUBSPECIES: C. b. bracyrhynchosm C, b, hesperis, C, b, caurinus, C. b. pascuus, C. b. paulus

 - Sighting Locations -

UNITED STATES 
Found throughout the entire Lower 48

- CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen at  Berkeley and San Francisco

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto