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title: "Fish Crow"
description: "Corvus ossifragus — Birds. The fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) is a species of crow associated with wetland habitats in the eastern and southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fish-crow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fish Crow

> Corvus ossifragus — Birds. The fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) is a species of crow associated with wetland habitats in the eastern and southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Corvus ossifragus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 20386
- Wikidata: [Q1420315](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1420315)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8001](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8001)

## Names

- en: Fish Crow
- de: Fischkrähe
- es: Cuervo pescador
- fr: Corneille de rivage
- nl: Viskraai
- pl: Wrona rybożerna

## Countries with the most observations

US (11679), CA (207)

## Summary

The fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) is a species of crow associated with wetland habitats in the eastern and southeastern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_crow

## Photo

![Fish Crow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fish-crow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liz F · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223817371

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fish-crow?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).