Raven VS Crow: The Battle of The Black Birds!

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People often confuse ravens and crows with each other. After all, they do look similar: they are both black birds, with black beaks and feathers. It certainly doesn’t help that most ravens and crows occupy the same areas too.
These similarities aren’t coincidental. Ravens and crows are actually related! Common Ravens and American Crows both come from the Corvidae family. Even if they are related, however, there are certain differences between the two birds that can help even the casual birdwatcher tell them apart.
If you’re interested in learning more about the similarities and differences between ravens and crows, then keep on watching!
0:51 Difference in physical appearance
3:24 Difference in call sounds
4:01 Difference in diet preference
4:57 Difference in behavior
7:12 Habitats of the raven and crow
8:03 Myths and legends of the raven and crow
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[@Etymon-jt3zw]

There was a story about a young girl who took in a wounded crow who was injured in ice and hailstorm. She nursed the bird back to health fed and kept him safe until Spring and then set him free. And the crow would return with little shiny presents for her bottle caps and Buttons things like. So she would feed him every time he did. After a while the crow started bringing other crows with him and they all brought presents for the girl and she would feed them all. I wish I could remember her name but it was a long time ago somewhere in Michigan by lake superior. Where the winters can be particularly harsh. But the little girl and all the crows became good friends. And she became kind of a celebrity in the little town that she lived.

[@sheiladitexas]

I once stopped at a rest stop in New Mexico on the way to Colorado and there were more than 50 ravens on the ground looking to travelers for food. They were actually very “friendly” and got quite close to people and followed them around. I had a loaf of French Bread and tore it up and shared it amount them. It was amazing… they seemed to take turns. I have only seen this once in my life. I fed them because we were in the desert and seemed to congregate at this rest stop because of the collection of the only trees around. They flew back to the trees when the food was finished. That is the only time I have ever fed ravens. They were beautiful.

[@JG-id5vi]

Pretty sure those are crows. Ravens don't travel in large flocks "murders" like crows

[@adilevnatimasheva4370]

Crows most likely.

[@adilevnatimasheva4370]

​@@JG-id5viagree

[@everettwilkinson4826]

ravens live in solitude rather than flocks likes crows.

[@trashpanda8039]

Yeah those were crows, but crows are cool too 😎

[@colinfitzgerald4332]

We found a young crow on our front doorstep years ago. It was injured so we took him in and fed it ground beef. He quickly recovered. We released him out into the back yard where he promptly flew up into the trees. For about a month after his release, Thor would fly down to join us at the picnic table to share dinner or just sit with us for a few moments. He was never shy and permitted us to touch him. When we returned from a short vacation, Thor was gone. Thor was a true feathered friend.

[@christopher1474]

should've left food or planted fruit trees

[@colinfitzgerald4332]

@@christopher1474 it was time for Thor to join his avian community.

[@rachelhardy2957]

I love ravens, but since I live in suburbia, I don't see them around. The crows, however, I have fed and formed a relationship with. Every time I see them, I fall in love with them even more. I don't believe they are bad omens at all, but rather sacred, intuitive animals that always see things before I do. If I'm out on a walk, or out anywhere, they somehow know where I'm going to be before I even get there. It's adorable, fascinating, and it almost freaks me out how accurate they are. I do believe they can sense energies, and come to you if a loved one on the other side swayed them in that direction. I wish more people actually took the time to appreciate these majestic corvids!

[@phasechange5053]

Both cool and smart birds. My dad has a raven that comes into his back yard once and a while and he can hand feed it bread crumbs etc.

[@workingmothercatlover6699]

To me, the raven and the crow are like a pair of identical twins I knew. I hung around them enough to tell them apart. The trouble with these birds is living where they both are. I don't see either often enough to know the difference. Most of the time, I see them in passing driving down the freeway. Not long enough to take in anything other than big black bird. At least now, I should be able to tell which it is in the sky.

[@LoneLupine]

I love both but have a huge preference/love for ravens since i see them regularly where i live. They're so smart and cute

[@mantislake4141]

I just read an article on Treehugger that said in the U.S. ravens are mostly found on the west coast and sparsely in Appalachia. When I was Maine in 2017, there were ravens everywhere. I'm certainly no expert but live in Michigan where crows are common and noticed right away these birds were bigger and their call was more of a croak than a caw. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch well into Canada, the area commonly referred to as Appalachia is considered to have chosen its northern border somewhere in New York state.

[@JosephDawson1986]

I grew up in Maine and you are right we tend to have a large population of ravens compared to the rest of the East Coast. I believe it is due to Eastern Canada and parts of Maine still having a decent wolf population as Raven and wolves often form sybiotic pairs with a small flock of ravens, usually 8 to 10 from my own observations, following a wolf pack and often feeding with or after on deer, moose and other large animals brought down by the pack. They have even been seen to play with the pups and adults don't run the ravens off.

[@nyahanan]

In Europe we have two species of crows, the crow with yellow beak which prefer rural areas and crows with a black beaks who live mainly near and in cities. The big ravens prefer not to get to close to human civilizations, so in Germany true ravens are rare more likely to live in remote areas.

[@stevoplex]

Ravens have been known to be grim messengers of doom, speaking only one cryptic word "Nevermore ". Crows, on the other hand don't give a darn. They may say "Never rmind" and fly away and don't torment you.

[@nancyroberson9312]

I really enjoyed the video you put out for us to enjoy and I truly do appreciate all the effort you have distilled upon us, you rock. Thank you for everything and I hope you can have a great day. ❤

[@alexschindler6767]

Thank you for this very helpful information!

[@mellissadalby1402]

This is really good, thanks for posting it.

[@drahtid1]

I'm not sure if its a crow or raven, but I always thought the ones with the Purplish color were ravens. Also this is something I'm not 100% sure of, but if trained some ravens could talk even better than parrots.

[@JosephDawson1986]

Yes Ravens tend to have a bluish- purple sheen to their feathers where as crows tend to have a drab black colored plumage. Also while only a few parrot species can produce speakers, most either just mimic back words or use a small vocabulary where as Corvids such as ravens can be taught to not only talk but conversate, albeit at the level of a 3 to 7 year old and they have the ability to not only recognise faces bit they are self aware enoigh to pass the mirror test which only two maybe three species of parrots can.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

I know of someone who had a Raven who had been abandoned by its mom. She took it in, raised it, and taught it to speak English.

[@Happywife226]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@danreyn]

I once took a vacation in Whitehorse, Yukon. It was there I learned the difference. Here's how to tell if it's a raven or crow: A crow is kinda cool but sometimes annoying. A proper raven is scary beyond all reason. I will never forget the ravens of Whitehorse. Giant birds, like crows the size of turkeys, standing in the snow, staring at you menacingly, with chunks of meat hanging from their beaks. The memory of them makes me shudder, nevermore.

[@leeandramurphy5903]

Now I know and I'm glad I do.

[@firstnamelastname-nk4ut]

Thank you very much for this vid! It was very informative, all-encompassing, & concise! I didn't know the mythology about Apollo! I adore both Crows & Ravens - they're both superb animals in their own right! It is such a pity & tragedy that they (& so many other non-human animals, [black] cats, snakes, bats, goats, even dogs, etc.) get such a bad rep & are subject to human violence & cruelty due to human ignorance & fear expressed via superstition & folklore :( But with the sharing of information that is science-based - rooted in knowledge & understanding; I hope to see a more rational approach to those different from us, the things we might not fully understand. Vids like this, for example, I think will help :)

[@davidm9214]

In Northern Canada, the raven will stay for winter and the crow will leave for the coldest months.

[@MrAOZ2006]

Both are my favorite

[@mercylimpokhuwe]

In my country, crows are black and white, usually only the breast part is white, which led to the joke that people in suits look like crows

[@MNFahmiHazizi]

You mean they look like magpies?

[@suzynolanart]

Very good, although I wish you would have included information on rooks. Some of the photos you used looked like rooks.

[@frankanthony5662]

Up here in Payson az there are a lot of ravens, and they are huge.very big

[@atuljoshi1990]

thanks. you have them pictured side by side and I still can't tell them apart.

[@pat8988]

Yes, he didn’t label them and I didn’t know what I was looking at.

[@ericb2017]

dude, you narrate that a common raven struts with two footed hops, but you don’t even SHOW it while you are narrating it. so I’m looking for the damn hops but they aren’t HOPPING. sheesh guys

[@tauhidal-farook4548]

Exactly my issue

[@rainydaywoman8997]

I like their smaller cousins, magpies!

[@raphlvlogs271]

corvid species are diverse but can they hybridise with each others?

[@ForLorNVuLgaR]

I didnt quite get the walking part

[@ryanbates362]

4:45 brutal

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

Are "American crows" mentioned in this video different to crows in the British Isles? 🤔

[@bebecatanzaro9362]

Great video, but the keyboard noises is obnoxious

[@goatfather5711]

What's the difference between an American crow and a normal crow?

[@ekspedisiojol8]

please remind me again, which one is legal to be our pet?

[@pinkaurra6770]

Could you do angel number 1224

[@MarySchipke]

Looks like the raven has a "Roman nose" - like some horses.

[@darrenporter1850]

7 minutes 9 seconds. That a Bird of Prey in the distance?

[@RavenwolfFoxtrack]

I've shared food with ravens and crows nearly all my life.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

These birds are a blessing, unlike pigeons. Dam little rats with wings.

[@oobrocks]

“Quote the crow never more,” nope: it doesn’t work 😅

[@omersagduyu1266]

Like Iphone regular and plus models..

[@Juliocar-br2yi]

Bro in spanish we call a crow "cuervo" and same goes for the raven I didnt even know that they are different

[@gregorymoon]

They both come in groups of the same thing.

[@crazymartine3066]

came here because of Sandman

[@sandrabadillo3970]

I think peoples in general makes these dumb accusations about theses amazing birds

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

Where I live all crows are grey, not black. Grey lives matter too. 😐

[@delmarrey9077]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the indigenous peoples of the Pacific NW mythology of the Raven which became a princess. The possible origin of man. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Tales

[@Blue_ocean66]

🔵

[@L_Martin]

1:14 video starts here

[@mcooper5929]

Liked except the typing noise at each fact.

[@FactsNet]

Thank you for the feedback! :)

[@tourecannon66lucifer66]

Here where I'm leaving San Jose California near the hills, we have red tail hawks and I've seen some ravens as well as crows we have here too. But the Ravens here on this side of the spectrum in California are fucking huge! With everything a black bird would be the same size as a red-tailed hawk or bigger!

[@justinthehuman5165]

Yeah kind of annoying ngl

[@joshoconnor9666]

Both of the walking examples you showed look exactly the saame.

[@scottanderson7239]

a bird is a bird me personally I think Ravens have a better reputation.

[@lindac6416]

I thought THEY were same bird just has 2 names for one bird

[@spoonbendingspacemonkey]

I try to make friends with the crows in my neighborhood and place of work.

[@aurawolf664]

What's a Crow's favorite sport? Croquet What's a Raven's favorite sport? Nascar lol idk

[@kileysmith8291]

Huppim and muppim

[@kileysmith8291]

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[@drscopeify]

You have a lot of video out of Europe which are totally difference species so just going to confuse people. The Ravens in the west are black/purple hue there are no Gray color Ravens in US/Canada.

[@user-zz5hm1xn6l]

Both ravens in the photo. Curved beak. Thick. Attitude 😂yeah 👌😎. Crows have a small pointy beak. Half the size. Groups together in big numbers called ' murder'. Ravens are solo gymnast of the sky

[@CornyBum]

This is a really badly made video, at least for the first third or so. It's quite repetitive for the first few minutes and has me seriously wondering if there's some algorithm-driven benefit to the video lasting more than ten minutes that the editor wanted. Also, maybe I'm missing something, but it really didn't seem to provide real-life shots illustrating the differences in the beaks. The script in general should be more tightly written instead of reminding me of students stretching things out to meet a word count for a writing assignment. It's an interesting topic. That's why I clicked. The video could've been a lot better though, including not having a moment telling me that if I wanted to know what I clicked on the video for, I should...keep watching.

[@Atariusz_]

magpies

[@user-cy9eo5vb8y]

ravens can mimic speach crows cant

[@CeoABcompany]

Crows are as smart as a 7 year old kid

[@randybugger3006]

Im sorry, but this video was terrible. "Here's a picture of a raven, with small hook at the end of the beak. This is different than a crow, shown in this picture with a small hook at the end of the beak." Or, "Here's a picture of the feathers at the base of the beak of a raven. They're shaggy and look exactly like this picture of a crow's beak feathers, which are trim." The only reliable way for the average person to differentiate a crow from a raven in the wild (without hearing them vocalize) is size, and some crows are very large, and some ravens are quite small. I'm sure there are differences that would be obvious to an ornithologist, but this video screwed that pooch badly.

[@SogMosee]

Raven is to crow as tiger is to lion

[@ublej]

The narrator of this video says repeats things often. He says the same things in different ways. The narration is quite redundant.

[@MNFahmiHazizi]

Some of the birds you showed not even a raven or crow, some of them are rooks 😅

[@Ravenseyes10]

This is a $1.00 documentary..

[@Silverfox5686]

What the fock

[@Virtualvideos11]

8:12 this is how we humans made this type to show that black is always bad, even in the movie The lion king also shows that the dark one is bad. sad!!

[@workingmothercatlover6699]

But, keep in mind that in Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker wore black. There may be hope for the human race. 😁

[@kenneth9874]

It could be because crows followed armies to feast on the dead

[@QuantumCairo]

The take away: Crows and Ravens are both beautiful, I love corvids, I will befriend both and stay clear of Apollo, he's a dick.

[@dvergrmort6334]

Are there Crows only in America? What if I see Crows in other parts of the world? Oh wait, I forgot... the world exists only in America.

[@dianeitani8368]

Apparently you didn't listen 🙄 At 7:35 in the video it says more than just North America.

[@begoodalwaysbegood9519]

Raven Nigel how are you. Reboot. Eternal. Present. Now. In Jesus Christs name we pray amen.

[@viking8889]

Yeah 18 yo strategist. 😂