Common Raven - Corvus corax

	Classification  Kingdom: Animalia  Phylum: Chordata  Class: Aves  Order: Passeriformes  Family: Corvidae  Genus: Corvus
ICUN Redlist - World Status: Least Concern

Description

The common raven is 21-27 inches in length. It is completely black. It has a large, thick, black bill and a wedge-shaped tail. It has a ruff of long, pointed feathers around its neck called a hackle. The common raven is the largest song bird in North America. Males and females look alike, but males are slightly larger.

Range

The common raven is found from northern Canada and Alaska south to New England, the Great Lakes, the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia, and throughout the western United States. The common raven is also found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The common raven does not migrate.

Habitat

The common raven is common in coniferous and deciduous forests, along seacoasts, in the tundra, in the prairie, and along river banks. In the western United States, it is also found in the desert and mountains.