Australian Raven Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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| Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
At 48 to 56 cm in length, it is only marginally larger than the 48 to 50 cm Little Raven, and is best distinguished from it by a higher-pitched call and more deeply gingered wingtips.
It is common throughout eastern Australia and southern Western Australia (the populations being connected by a narrow strip across the Nullarbor Plain) but not found in the far north.
Food consists of carrion, insects, seeds, fruit, small reptiles, nestlings and eggs. The preference ratio is 34% carrion, 42% invertebrates and 24% plant material. Food is taken mainly from the ground but will occasionally feed in trees.
Nest: Always nests in tall trees, never near to the ground as some species do. Eggs, 5-7 incubated over 20 days. Fledged by 45 days and staying with parents four about four months after that.
Voice: A mournful "aaaar aaaar aaaar" dying away towards the end often into a gargling. The long throat feathers hang down in a very distinctive way when it is calling.
