Corvus orru
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In 3 days >90%
The Torresian crow (Corvus orru), also called the Australian crow or Papuan crow, is a passerine bird in the crow family native to the north and west of Australia and nearby islands in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The species has a black plumage, beak and mouth with white irises. The base of the feathers on the head and neck are white. The Torresian crow is slightly larger with a more robust bill than the morphologically similar little crow.
Although widespread over northern Australia and some nearby islands, the common name "Torresian" refers to the Australian Shire of Torres. The Torresian crow was described by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The origin of the specific epithet orru is not known but may be derived from a Papuan name.
The Bismarck crow (Corvus insularis) on the Bismarck Archipelago was formerly considered a subspecies. In Central Australia southwest of Alice... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calgary Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Torresian Crow sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 1,514 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 186 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Torresian Crow in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against about 60% in January, April–May, September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Kakadu National Park's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in August. February has too few records to rate.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Torresian 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.
2nd of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Torresian Crow sightings, Kakadu National Park ranks 2nd at about 70%. The best odds are in Noosa National Park (Australia, about 80%). All parks ranked.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Torresian Crow that you can see in Kakadu National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Willie Wagtail (about 60%), White-bellied Cuckooshrike (about 60%) and Green Oriole (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Torresian Crow is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakadu National Park (1,514 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.
