Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: HOODED CROW |
HOODED CROW1. A European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody , dun crow , and royston crow . |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hooded Crow Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Binomial name Corvus cornix The Hooded Crow Corvus cornix is so similar in structure and habits to the Carrion Crow that some authorities consider them to be merely geographical races of one species. It breeds in northern and eastern Europe, and closely allied forms inhabit southern Europe and western Asia.
Where their ranges overlap, as in northern Britain, Germany and Siberia, their hybrids are fertile. However, the hybrids are less well-adapted than pure bred birds, and the is one of the reasons that this species was split from Carrion Crow. In the UK, the Hooded Crow breeds regularly in Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and in the Scottish Islands.
In autumn some migratory birds arrive on the east coast of Britain.
The Hoodie, with its contrasted greys and blacks, cannot be confused with either the Carrion Crow or Rook, but the call notes of the two are almost indistinguishable. The flight is slow and heavy and usually straight.
The diet is similar to that of the Carrion, and it is a constant scavenger. It drops molluscs and crabs to break them after the manner of the Carrion Crow.
On coastal cliffs the eggs of gulls, cormorants and other birds are stolen when their owners are absent, and it will enter the burrow of the Puffin with a similar object.
As a rule the nest is placed on or near the ground, on a cliff, in heather or a low bush, but trees are occasionally used. It resembles that of the Carrion, but on the coast seaweed is often interwoven in the structure. The four to six eggs are of the usual crow type, very similar to those of the Carrion. They are laid as a rule early in April.
Except for the head, throat, wings, tail and thigh feathers, which are black and mostly glossy, the plumage is ash-grey, the dark shafts giving it a streaky appearance. The bill and legs are black. There is only one moult in autumn, as in other crows. The male is the larger bird, otherwise the sexes are alike. When first hatched the young are much blacker than the parents.
The front bird is a Hooded Crow, the rear bird is a Carrion Crow
Image link
- Hooded Crow
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hooded crow."
Crosswords: HOODED CROW |
| English words defined with "HOODED CROW": Dun crow ♦ Hoody ♦ Royston crow ♦ Scald crow. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HOODED CROW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | corneille noire, corneille mantelée. (various references) | |
German | Rabenkrähe (carrion crow), Nebelkrähe (carrion). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hamvas varjú (greyback crow, Royston crow), kálomista varjú (greyback crow, Royston crow). (various references) | |
Italian | cornacchia nera (carrion), cornacchia grigia (carrion). (various references) | |
Manx | fannag ghlass (greyback), fannag charragh (greyback). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodedhay owcray.(various references) | |
Scottish | feannag (a hooded crow, a lazy-bed). (various references) | |
Spanish | corneja (crow, hoodie). (various references) | |
Swedish | gråkråka. (various references) | |
Turkish | leş kargası (carrion crow, grayback, greyback). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corv grisch, Corvus corone, RM:corv nair. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-h-o-o-o-r-w" | |
-2 letters: cordwood. | |
-3 letters: chorded, chowder, cowherd, crowded, redwood. | |
-4 letters: chored, chowed, codder, corded, crowed, hooded, horded, ochred, odored, whored, wooded, worded. | |
-5 letters: chord, chore, coded, coder, cooed, cooer, cored, cowed, cower, credo, crowd, decor, dowed, dower, horde, ocher, ochre, odder, oohed, rodeo, rowed, whore, wooed, wooer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
