Large-Billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Aves › Passeriformes › Corvidae › Corvus
Conservation status: least_concern
This widespread Asian crow is very adaptable and can survive on a wide range of food sources. It is capable of colonizing new areas, which sometimes leads to it being considered a nuisance, especially on islands.
How To Identify
It is a large, robust member of the corvid family, typically displaying glossy black plumage. Its most distinguishing feature is its noticeably expanded and powerful beak relative to other crows.
Habitat
It inhabits open woodlands, cultivated areas, parks, and urban environments across East and Southeast Asia, from lowlands to moderate elevations.
Behaviour
Large-billed Crows are highly social and often gather in large communal roosts at dusk, sometimes numbering in the thousands, and they are known for their intelligence and adaptability to human-modified landscapes.
Native Range
The large-billed crow is native to the northeastern Asian seaboard to Afghanistan and eastern Iran in the west through South to India and Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia to the Lesser Sundas and Cambodia in the southeast.
Did You Know?
The Large-billed Crow has one of the heaviest bills of any crow species, which it uses with remarkable dexterity to crack open tough seeds and manipulate objects. These intelligent birds have been observed using tools and solving complex puzzles in the wild.
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