Information about Raven

Raven
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Common Raven

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Corvidae
Genus:Corvus
Species


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Raven is the common name given to the largest species of passerine birds in the genus Corvus. Corvids are also commonly referred to as 'crows' and other species in the same genus include jackdaws, and rooks.

In most of Europe and North America, raven is used as a synonym for the widespread Common Raven, and much of the literature and culture surrounding ravens refers to that species.

Ravens have high bird intelligence and are perhaps the smartest birds.[1] Their intelligence might be on par with canids like wolves.[2]

An obsolete collective noun for a group of ravens (or at least the Common Raven) is an "unkindness". [3]

Species

See also

Notes

1. ^ Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All about birds: Raven. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
2. ^ PBS. Raven. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
3. ^ Baltimore Bird Club. Group Name for Birds: A Partial List. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.

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C. corax

Binomial name
Corvus corax
Linnaeus, 1758

Common Raven range


Subspecies
  • C. c. corax
  • C. c. varius
  • C. c.

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Passeriformes
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders
  • Acanthisitti
  • Tyranni
  • Passeri


A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines.
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Corvidae
Vigors, 1825

Genera

many, see article text

Corvidae is a family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers (Clayton and Emery 2005, [1] ).
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Corvus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

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The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the
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Passeriformes
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders
  • Acanthisitti
  • Tyranni
  • Passeri


A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Corvus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

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The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the
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C. monedula

Binomial name
Corvus monedula
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Jackdaw range


The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula), sometimes known as the
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C. frugilegus

Binomial name
Corvus frugilegus
Linnaeus, 1758

Rook range


The Rook (Corvus frugilegus
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν ("syn") = plus and όνομα ("onoma") = name
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C. corax

Binomial name
Corvus corax
Linnaeus, 1758

Common Raven range


Subspecies
  • C. c. corax
  • C. c. varius
  • C. c.

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Literature literally "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter) as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary, or works of art, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry.
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Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate,") generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significant importance.
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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Bird intelligence deals with the definition of intelligence and its measurement as it applies to birds. Traditionally, birds have been considered inferior in intelligence to mammals, and derogatory terms such as bird brains have been used colloquially in some cultures.
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C. corax

Binomial name
Corvus corax
Linnaeus, 1758

Common Raven range


Subspecies
  • C. c. corax
  • C. c. varius
  • C. c.

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C. coronoides

Binomial name
Corvus coronoides
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827



The Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides
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C. tasmanicus

Binomial name
Corvus tasmanicus
Mathews, 1912

The Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
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C. mellori

Binomial name
Corvus mellori
Mathews, 1912

The Little Raven (Corvus mellori) was only separated in 1967 from the Australian Raven (C.
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C. crassirostris

Binomial name
Corvus crassirostris
Rüppell, 1836



The Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris
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C. albicollis

Binomial name
Corvus albicollis
Latham, 1790

The White-necked Raven, Corvus albicollis
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C. ruficollis

Binomial name
Corvus ruficollis
Lesson, 1830

The Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis
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