The American crow is the “default” crow across most of North America. It overlaps broadly with the common raven, and to a lesser extent with the Chihuahuan raven, fish crow, and northwestern crow.

The American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos ... They are the originators of the concept of “taking a village” to raise a baby. Families are often as large as 15 to 20 individual birds.