Carrion Crow

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Silhouette: Stephen James McWilliam · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Aigüestortes National Park

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

432 Verified sightings at Aigüestortes National Park From 2019 to 2026
15,215 In all 23 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Carrion Crow

The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae, native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Along with the hooded crow (Corvus cornix), the carrion crow occupies a similar ecological niche in Eurasia to the American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) in North America. The two species look very similar to one another, but can be differentiated by size, as the carrion crow is larger and of a stockier build compared to the American crow.

The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name of Corvus corone. The binomial name is derived from the Latin corvus, "raven", and Greek κορώνη korōnē, "crow".

The hooded crow (Corvus cornix), formerly regarded as a subspecies, has been split off as a separate species, and some discussion has arisen as to whether the eastern carrion crow (C. c. orientalis) is distinct enough to warrant a separate specific status; the two taxa are well separated, as they could have evolved independently in the wetter, maritime regions at the opposite ends of the Eurasian landmass.

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Sounds

Flight call0:12

France · 2026

© Lucien Hueber · XC1180045 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:07

France · 2026

© Olivier SWIFT · XC1151417 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:35

Spain · 2026

© Jacobo Ramil Millarengo · XC1085944 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~80%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~70%
3 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~60%
4 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~60%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~60%
6 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~50%
7 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~50%
8 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~50%
9 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~50%
10 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~50%
11 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~40%
12 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~40%
13 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~40%
14 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~30%
15 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~20%
16 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
17 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~10%
18 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
19 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
20 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
21 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
22 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
23 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~90%
2 Brussels 🇧🇪 Belgium
~90%
3 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~90%
4 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~90%
5 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~90%
6 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~90%
7 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~90%
8 Leeds 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~90%
9 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~90%
10 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~90%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Korkeasaari Zoo 🇫🇮 Finland In captivity
2 Safaripark Beekse Bergen 🇳🇱 Netherlands In captivity
3 Edinburgh Zoo 🇬🇧 United Kingdom In captivity
4 Seville Zoo 🇪🇸 Spain In captivity
5 Salzburg Zoo 🇦🇹 Austria In captivity
6 Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes 🇫🇷 France In captivity
7 Zoo Lagos 🇵🇹 Portugal In captivity
8 Heimatnaturgarten 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
9 Willows Animal Sanctuary 🇬🇧 United Kingdom In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Carrion Crow in Aigüestortes National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Carrion Crow sighting in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, based on 432 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 114 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Carrion Crow in Aigüestortes National Park?

April–June and October

In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Carrion Crow in Aigüestortes National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Carrion Crow?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carrion Crow sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where does the Carrion Crow sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Carrion Crow is recorded against all the birds logged in Aigüestortes National Park (432 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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