carrion crow
noun
: a uniformly black crow (Corvus corone corone) occurring in much of western Europe
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The team selected two carrion crows, two collared doves, and a wood pigeon–similar species to what Neanderthals might have eaten.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
One collared dove and one carrion crow were butchered raw using a flint flake.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The new study of carrion crows is the first to explicitly show that any other species besides humans can link voluntary vocalizations with an understanding of quantity.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
In total, their experiments suggest carrion crows have an advanced capacity to make or withhold vocalizations in response to arbitrary cues–tallying aloud as toddlers do.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, the lead study author and a biologist researching animal architecture at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, and his co-researchers described four nests in the study — three by Eurasian magpies and one by a carrion crow — that used an abundance of anti-bird spikes.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
Over the two years that followed, Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues discovered several other nests, built by Eurasian magpies and carrion crows, that contained anti-bird spikes.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 13 July 2023
But all crows have a large brain-to-body size ratio, which may explain the carrion crow's cosmopolitan success.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2012
Also known as a carrion crow, the large raptor measures 22 to 29 inches in length with a wingspan of roughly five feet.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
One collared dove and one carrion crow were butchered raw using a flint flake.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The new study of carrion crows is the first to explicitly show that any other species besides humans can link voluntary vocalizations with an understanding of quantity.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
In total, their experiments suggest carrion crows have an advanced capacity to make or withhold vocalizations in response to arbitrary cues–tallying aloud as toddlers do.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, the lead study author and a biologist researching animal architecture at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, and his co-researchers described four nests in the study — three by Eurasian magpies and one by a carrion crow — that used an abundance of anti-bird spikes.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
Over the two years that followed, Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues discovered several other nests, built by Eurasian magpies and carrion crows, that contained anti-bird spikes.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 13 July 2023
But all crows have a large brain-to-body size ratio, which may explain the carrion crow's cosmopolitan success.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2012
Also known as a carrion crow, the large raptor measures 22 to 29 inches in length with a wingspan of roughly five feet.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
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