House Crow

The house crow is a slim crow about 40cm long, between a jackdaw and a carrion crow in size. The forehead, crown, throat and upper breast are richly glossed black, while the neck and breast are a lighter grey-brown, and the wings, tail and legs are black. Bill thickness and the depth of the grey vary between regions. It is also called the Indian, grey-necked, Ceylon or Colombo crow (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives around human settlements and feeds largely on refuse, as well as small reptiles and mammals and insects. It is native to southern Asia from Iran and Pakistan to southern Myanmar and Thailand, but has spread by ship to many parts of the world, including East Africa, Arabia, Europe and the Americas. In India it is resident across a very large range; SoIB 2023 finds its trends uncertain and rates it a Low conservation priority (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).