Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Passeriformes > 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: 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.

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

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

English-United States: Common Raven; Raven sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

Galician: Fiach dubh

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

Irish: Fiach dubh sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

Norwegian Bokmål: ravn sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 105

Norwegian Nynorsk: ramn sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 105

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

Error contacting BHL.

2 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (246 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1546 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159389

Drs Cees Roselaar. Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=97146