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Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCorvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
- GenusCorvus (Crows and Ravens)
- SpeciesCorvus cornix (Hooded Crow)
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
390 Verified sightings at Hortobágy National Park From 2019 to 2026
5,824 In all 13 parks
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted
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About the Hooded Crow
The hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix), also colloquially called just hoodie, is a Eurasian bird subspecies of the carrion crow (Corvus corone) in the genus Corvus. Widely distributed, it is found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East. It is an ashy-grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. Like other corvids, it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.
In 2002, the hooded crow was separated from the carrion crow and classified as its own species by the British Ornithologists' Union. However, in 2025, the new global AviBase re-classified the hooded and carrion crows as the same species, with the species divided into six subspecies, of which four are 'hooded' grey-and-black, and two are all-black.
The hooded crow was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae; he gave it the binomial name Corvus cornix. Linnaeus specified the type locality as "Europa", but this was restricted to Sweden by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert in 1903. The genus name Corvus is Latin for... Wikipedia →
Sounds
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Italy · 2026
© Francesco Sottile · XC1180273 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Lithuania · 2025
© Andrejus Gaidamavičius · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0
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Italy · 2024
© roby · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
Recent sightings of Hooded Crow in Hortobágy National Park
LIVEiNaturalistGlobal Distribution
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 2 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 7 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 8 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 12 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 13 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Zoos & Centres Where Found
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaliningrad Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | bioparco | 🇮🇹 Italy |
Closest Relatives at Hortobágy National Park
Before you go
What are the chances of seeing a Hooded Crow in Hortobágy National Park?
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Crow sighting in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, based on 390 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 202 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 Hooded Crow in Hortobágy National Park?
October
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Crow in Hortobágy National Park on a given day, against about 40% in April and June, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Hooded Crow?
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hooded Crow sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Is Hortobágy National Park the best place to see a Hooded Crow?
4th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Hooded Crow sightings, Hortobágy National Park ranks 4th at about 60%. The best odds are in Gauja National Park (Latvia, about 90%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 80%) and Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Which relatives of the Hooded Crow live in Hortobágy National Park?
Same genus: Corvus
The closest relatives of the Hooded Crow that you can see in Hortobágy National Park (genus Corvus, Crows and Ravens) are Rook (about 70%) and Common Raven (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Hooded Crow sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hooded Crow is recorded against all the birds logged in Hortobágy National Park (390 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.
