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title: "Pied Crow"
description: "Corvus albus — Birds. The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pied-crow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pied Crow

> Corvus albus — Birds. The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.

- Scientific name: *Corvus albus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 10115
- Wikidata: [Q949603](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949603)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8038](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8038)

## Names

- en: Pied Crow
- de: Schildrabe
- es: Cuervo blanco
- fr: Corbeau pie
- nl: Schildraaf
- pt: Gralha-seminarista
- pl: Kruk srokaty

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4532), NA (719), KE (536), MG (452), TZ (424), GM (261), UG (226), GH (182), ZW (175), ET (173), BJ (165), MW (150)

## Summary

The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.
Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa. Its behaviour, though, is more typical of the Eurasian carrion crows, and it may be a modern link (along with the Somali crow) between the Eurasian crows and the common raven.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102860794

## Machine access

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