Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Passerimorphae > Order Passeriformes > Suborder Corvi > Superfamily Corvoidea > Family Corvidae > Genus Corvus

Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Corvus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: korbi; korraku sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Гарван sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: ravn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: raaf sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common raven; northern raven; raven sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: grand corbeau sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Kolkrabe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινός Κόρακας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: עורב שחור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kranklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: ravn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kruk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: ворон sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: fiach dubh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: krokar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cuervo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: korp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kuzgun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Ворон; Крук sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cigfran

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.