---
title: "Little Raven"
description: "Corvus mellori — Birds. The little raven (Corvus mellori) is a species of the family Corvidae that is native to southeastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/little-raven
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Raven

> Corvus mellori — Birds. The little raven (Corvus mellori) is a species of the family Corvidae that is native to southeastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Corvus mellori*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8029
- Wikidata: [Q1583515](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583515)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8042](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8042)

## Names

- en: Little Raven
- de: Gesellschaftskrähe
- es: Cuervo de Mellor
- fr: Petit Corbeau
- nl: Kleine raaf
- pl: Kruk mały

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6567)

## Summary

The little raven (Corvus mellori) is a species of the family Corvidae that is native to southeastern Australia. An adult individual is about 48–50 cm (19–19.5 in) in length, with completely black plumage, beak, and legs; as with all Australian species of Corvus, the black feathers have a grey base, and the iris of the adult bird is white (typical also of some related species from islands to the north of Australia). Although the little raven was first named by Gregory Mathews in 1912, it was only in 1967 that there was consensus to separate it from the Australian raven (C. coronoides) as a distinct species.

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

## Photo

![Little Raven](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-raven/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128413590

## Machine access

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