Is there any difference between a crow and a raven?

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http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/difs.html tells you the differences Oct 02 03, 12:12 PM

Stew54

I knew ravens were a bit bigger, but when I Googled I was surprised to find as many differences between such superficially similar birds as are listed at this site: http://www.angelfire.com/id/ravensknowledge/ravensvscrows.html Oct 02 03, 12:14 PM

Yaarbiriah

The difference is mainly semantic and relative with little real zoological value. Crows (Corvidae) comprise an entire family which includes jays, magpies, ravens and all the other black or black and grey crows. 'Raven' is usually the name given to the larger species of black crows in the genus Corvus, (just as the larger members of the dove family are called 'pigeons' ) particularly Corvus corax but also several others including the brown-necked and fan-tailed raven whereas some other larger black crows around the world, also Corvus and similar, are still merely called 'crows'. I've seen sites that explain differences but these generally describe the difference between Corvus Corax and a smaller Corvus of whatever country the writer belongs. Corvus corax does have the wedge shaped tail but several other ravens don't. Several smaller black corvids also have gutteral 'grok' type calls amongst their repertoire and the rule wild vs human habitat is often broken in different places around the world. May 07 07, 7:07 AM

armoguy

ya. they have different names. Dec 17 07, 12:04 PM

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