Crows, Jays
House Crow
Corvus splendens
The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping. It is between the jackdaw and the carrion crow in size (40 cm (16 in) in length) but is slimmer than either. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are a richly glossed black, whilst
- Family
- Crows, Jays
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 293 g
- Habitat
- Human Modified
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 36
