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Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix · Family Corvidae

Corvus cornix

Family Corvidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
GBIF occurrence records
4,304,382
Countries and territories with records
81
Hooded Crow
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About this species

This species has 4,304,382 occurrence records from 81 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (27.3%), Norway (18.5%), Denmark (14.8%), Finland (5.6%) and Italy (4.4%); together they account for 70.6% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Corvus cornix combines the genus name Corvus with the species epithet cornix. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Corvus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus corax and Corvus corone.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 132 species of the family Corvidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corvus brachyrhynchos. Its record count is 4.7 times the family average (908,707). The family Corvidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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