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title: "Common Raven"
description: "Corvus corax — Uccelli. The common raven or northern raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-raven
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Raven

> Corvus corax — Uccelli. The common raven or northern raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Corvus corax*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 191344
- Wikidata: [Q25357](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25357)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8010](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8010)

## Names

- en: Common Raven
- de: Kolkrabe
- es: Cuervo Común
- fr: Grand Corbeau
- nl: Raaf
- pt: Corvo-comum
- pl: Kruk zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

US (75867), RU (29634), CA (19912), MX (4688), ES (4627), GB (3024), DE (2735), IT (2720), FR (1944), UA (1878), AT (1004), PL (857)

## Summary

The common raven or northern raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird. It is the most widely distributed of all corvids, found across the Northern Hemisphere. There are 11 accepted subspecies with little variation in appearance, although recent research has demonstrated significant genetic differences among populations from various regions. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is the heaviest passerine bird; at maturity, the common raven averages 63 centimetres (25 inches) in length and 1.47 kilograms (3.2 pounds) in weight, up to 2 kg (4.4 lb) in the heaviest…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Emily Langdon-Lassagne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283687550

## Machine access

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