Hooded crow or hybrid? Scotland (1 Viewer)

[Andy Strachan]

Photo's taken April 2021 Aberdeenshire coast, Scotland.

Would you be satisfied to class this as pure Hooded or hybrid carrion/hooded based on what you can see here? Hooded crows are not very common here, and when you think you have one they're almost always hybrids when you look close enough, although this one looks pretty close for Hooded, I think?

 

[njlarsen]

I do not see anything here that I have not seen in areas dominated by Hooded. If anyone disagrees, I am curious to see what it is they feel indicates hybrid origin.
Niels

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Black or darker than belly undertail coverts indicate some hybrid ancestry, as far as I know. I think in your bird it is not only a trick of the light but UTCs are really darker. See for comparison a hooded crow from norway