Carrion Crow

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Silhouette: Stephen James McWilliam · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Busan

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

20 Verified sightings at Busan
15,215 In all 23 parks From 2019 to 2026
February 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 Busan?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carrion Crow sighting in Busan on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Carrion Crow in Busan?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carrion Crow in Busan on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and August–January, the lowest months. That is one of Busan's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 290 mm in July.

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.

Is Busan the best place to see a Carrion Crow?

36th of 50

Of the 50 cities where we can rate Carrion Crow sightings, Busan ranks 36th at about 10%. The best odds are in Paris (France, about 90%), Brussels (Belgium, about 90%) and Munich (Germany, about 90%).

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 Busan (20 verified sightings), 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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