Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix cornix (Linnaeus, 1758)

2006-03-11 Uralsk, Kirov park, West Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Grey on the upperparts and underparts is somewhat darker than on scharpii.

Distribution

Breeding in Volga-Ural territory, in south to northern coast of Caspian Sea. It also occurs in these parts on migration and in winter.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.