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Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 21,309, February 25,640, March 23,727, April 38,013, May 38,149, June 22,979, July 18,403, August 17,425, September 22,509, October 22,147, November 17,143, December 19,630.
United States5,149,636
North Carolina287,073
Pennsylvania267,516
Georgia220,062
Massachusetts161,099
Alabama87,784
Missouri82,250
West Virginia70,577
Texas65,383
Arkansas52,552

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusCrows and Ravens · Corvus

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