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Photo by alkumaheerd
The bird linked is of race pallescens and was photographed in N Iran (Golestan NP)

Corvus corone cornix

[edit] Identification

48-452cm.

• Glossy black head, throat, wings, tail and thigh feathers
• Gray "vest"
• Black bill and legs
• Iris dark brown

Juveniles have duller plumage with bluish or greyish eyes and, initially, a red mouth.

[edit] Distribution

Europe, and western Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Includes molluscs and crabs, the eggs of gulls, cormorants and other birds

[edit] Breeding

They build a bulky stick nest, placed in a tall tree, but cliff ledges, old buildings and pylons may be used. 4-6 brown-speckled blue eggs are incubated for 17-19 days by the female alone, who is fed by the male. The young fledge after 32-36 days.

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