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Crow or Raven - What’s the Difference?

2. Plumage

All animals in the “ravens and crows” genus are black. But are they totally black? At first glance, maybe. But if you look closer, you’ll soon see that they’re not pure black.

Of course, the hooded crow has its obvious gray „hood“. And the jackdaw has deep gray feathers around its typical round head. In some birds, the feathers have a metallic shine in certain colors. This is slightly red/metallic in the rook, blue/metallic in the carrion crow and light green to blue-violet in the raven.

By the way: ravens can also be spotted by the long feathers around their necks - when they call “caw, caw”, you can see them especially well.


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Jackdaw: Dark Brown to Black

Jackdaw Jackdaw - Photo: Gerry Alvarez-Murphy/Shutterstock

Rook: Black, Slightly Red/Metallic

Rook Rook - Photo: Gallinago_media/Shutterstock

Carrion Crow: Black, Slightly Blue/Metallic

Carrion Crow Carrion Crow - Photo: CreativeNature.nl/Shutterstock

Hooded Crow: Black, Gray “Hood”

Hooded Crow Hooded Crow - Photo: kaczor58/Shutterstock

Common Raven: Black, Slightly Green to Blue-Violet

Common Raven Common Raven - Photo: Dirk Ott/Shutterstock


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