Gagak cerdas (Clever Corvids)
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Carrion Crow's gray-jacketed cousin. Splits the continent right down the middle, hybridizing along a narrow seam.
- Populasi
- Several million individuals; European population roughly estimated at 14-34 million birds (~3 million breeding territories excluding Russia)
- Habitat
- Open and semi-open country - farmland, moorland, coastal cliffs and shorelines, river valleys, parks, and urban/suburban areas; nests in tall trees, cliff ledges, old buildings, and pylons
- Fakta menarik
- Hooded Crows crack open molluscs and crabs by dropping them from the air onto rocks, and they habitually stash surplus food in gutters, flowerpots, and soil to retrieve later.
- Sebaran
- Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (including Scotland and Ireland, where it is the resident crow form), Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, the Levant, Iraq, Iran, Egypt (Nile Delta), and Cyprus
- Makanan
- Omnivorous scavenger: carrion, invertebrates (including molluscs and crabs, which it drops from the air to crack open), eggs and nestlings of other birds, small mammals, grain, and human food scraps; caches surplus food for later use
- Ukuran
- 0,5 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,05 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
