- Where to see one
- 5 U.S. zoos in our directory hold pied crow, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the pied crow
The pied crow is Africa's most widespread member of the crow genus, found across sub-Saharan Africa and on islands including Madagascar, the Comoros and Zanzibar, but not in equatorial rainforest. It is 46 to 52 cm long, with a glossy black head and neck and a broad band of white feathering from the shoulders to the lower breast. It lives mainly in open country near villages and towns and is rarely seen far from human habitation. Pied crows occur in pairs or small groups and eat almost anything: insects, small reptiles, small mammals, young birds and eggs, grain, carrion and scraps of human food. They have been recorded killing roosting fruit bats and often scavenge around slaughterhouses.
Pied Crow facts
- The Maasai call it ol-korrok, after the sound of its call.
- It can hybridise with the Somali crow where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa.
- It can eat more than half its body weight in food per day.
- In Dakar, pied crows have been seen mobbing passing ospreys and snake eagles.
Where to see pied crow in the U.S.
5 zoos across 5 states
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Alabama· 1
California· 1
Idaho· 1
New York· 1
Tennessee· 1
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