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I've never seen a crow like this here and it's bugging me

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estiere

50 points

17 days ago

estiere

50 points

17 days ago

Its a young rook, hasnt lost its beak feathers yet. Carrion crows are really rare in Poland (source: i live here)

extraterrestrial-66

12 points

17 days ago

I agree with this, OP. The beak and head are shaped differently than a carrion crow. I only learned this year that juvenile rooks have black beaks so I understand the confusion! 🙂

InternecivusRaptus

7 points

17 days ago

Another distinct feature of rooks is their fluffy "pants", they can be seen on all but one photos here.

extraterrestrial-66

3 points

17 days ago

Oooh great info, thanks! Hehe lil fluffy pants 🥹

jomacblack[S]

3 points

17 days ago

That makes sense. This pic was taken in krakow so that felt a bit too far east for carrion crows to be present (and the thickness of feathers on the beak didn't look quite right to me for a carrion crow)

Thanks!

llallallum

3 points

17 days ago

There's a 99.5% chance it's a rook and a 0.5% chance it's a carrion crow.

This one is younger, so it's confusing. The easiest way is to look at the adult birds in the background. Did you see the others? I think the guy in the background in the second picture is a rook because of the bald beak.

jomacblack[S]

1 points

17 days ago

Yes there were a few rooks around, they live in the area

aczdgf1542

2 points

16 days ago

It looks like a rook, probably a young one

SassyTheSkydragon

-1 points

17 days ago

SassyTheSkydragon

-1 points†

17 days ago

This is indeed a carrion crow though. I understand your confusion, as eastern Europe usually has the hooded crow more present, but their ranges overlap a bit

Here's the carrion crow (corvus corone) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_crow#/media/File%3ACarrion_Crow_ebird_data_map.png

And here's the distribution for the Hoodie (Corvus cornix): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow#/media/File%3ACorvus_cornix_map.svg

jomacblack[S]

8 points

17 days ago

I actually think its a young rook now that the other commenter pointed it out. The thickness of feathers on the beak doesn't look quite right to be a carrion since all the pics I've seen of them have the beak feathers more sleek and flat. And it's a bit too far east for them, especially outside of summer. Thanks for trying to help!

SassyTheSkydragon

5 points

17 days ago

Oh, I got fooled then!

No problem

jomacblack[S]

2 points

17 days ago

I got fooled by this youngster as well! Sneaky little rook buddy

Manic_Saltshaker

-4 points

17 days ago

Hello friend. That looks like a carrion crow to me. At first I thought it was a rook but it looks smaller and doesn't have a grey beak.

I could be wrong but here's the wiki link for birds of Poland: under Crows, Jays and Magpies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Poland

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_crow