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Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus · Family Corvidae

Corvus ossifragus

Family Corvidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
GBIF occurrence records
3,457,245
Countries and territories with records
5
Fish Crow
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About this species

This species has 3,457,245 occurrence records from 5 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). The United States accounts for 99.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Corvus ossifragus combines the genus name Corvus with the species epithet ossifragus. 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 9th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Corvus brachyrhynchos. Its record count is 3.8 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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