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The true crows are in the genus Corvus; they are large Passerine birds. As a group they show remarkable examples of intelligence and one species, the New Caledonian Crow, has recently been intensively studied because of its ability to manufacture and use its own tools in the day-to-day finding of food.
All temperate continents (except, surprisingly, South America) and several offshore and oceanic islands (including Hawaii) have representatives of the 40 or so members of this genus.
Crows appear to have evolved in central Asia and radiated out into North America (including Mexico), Africa, Europe, and Australia.
They range in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the Palearctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia.
Australian species:
- Australian Raven C. coronoides
- Forest Raven C. tasmanicus
- Relict Raven C. t. boreus
- Little Crow C. bennetti
- Little Raven C. mellori
- Torresian Crow C. orru
- American Crow C. brachyrhynchos
- Chihuahuan Raven C. cryptoleucos
- Common Raven C. corax
- Fish Crow C. ossifragus
- Northwestern Crow C. caurinus
- Tamaulipas Crow C. imparatus
- Sinaloan Crow C. sinaloae
- Cape Crow C. capensis
- Fan-tailed Raven C. rhipidurus
- Pied Crow C. albus
- Thick-billed Raven C. crassirostris
- White-necked Raven C. albicollis
- Brown-necked Raven C. ruficollis
- Hooded Crow C. cornix
- Common Raven C. corax
- Fan-tailed Raven C. rhipidurus
- Carrion Crow C. corone
- Common Raven C. corax
- Hooded Crow C. cornix
- Jackdaw C. monedula
- Rook C. frugilegus
- Carrion Crow C. corone
- Collared Crow C. torquatus
- Daurian Jackdaw C. dauricus
- House Crow C. splendens
- Jungle Crow C. macrorhynchos
- Rook C. frugilegus
- Hawaiian Crow or 'Alala' C. hawaiiensis (formerly C. tropicus)
- New Caledonian crow C. moneduloides
- Cuban Crow C. nasicus
- Jamaican Crow C. jamaicensis
- White-necked Crow C. leucognaphalus
- Guadalcanal Crow C. woodfordi
- Gray Crow C. tristis
Full species list of genus Corvus
See also Banishing crows from a field
The constellation Corvus represents a crow.