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Australian Raven
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Australian Raven
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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AUSTRALIAN RAVEN FACTS |
Description
The Australian Raven is a black bird with white eyes in adults. The hackles on the neck (the throat feathers) are longer than in other species of crows. Australian Ravens usually live in pairs. Immatures are similar to adults but have dark eyes.
Other Names
Crow
Size
52cm
Habitat
range of habitats from open farmland, forest, woodland, parks and gardens
Food
insects, small animals, eggs, grain, fruit. Also eats carrion and scraps.
Breeding
builds a large nest in a tree. The nest is made of sticks lined with grass, feathers and other soft material.
Range
eastern, southern and central Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Corvidae | | Genus: | Corvus | | Species: | coronoides | | Common Name: | Australian Raven |
Relatives in same Genus
Little Crow (C. bennetti)
Little Raven (C. mellori)
Torresian Crow (C. orru)
House Crow (C. splendens)
Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus)
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