According to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, crows are twice as large as grackles and are black from beak to toe. They’ve also got larger beaks, broader wings and a guttural caw.

The raven at 24 inches long, is half again as big as the crow at 17 inches. Unfortunately they will rarely give you such an easy side by side comparison. More commonly you see them at some distance ...

At first glance, crows and ravens may seem nearly identical, but their size sets them apart in surprising ways. Ravens are noticeably larger, often measuring up to 27 inches from beak to tail ...

A bird beak deformity first recorded among black-capped chickadees near Anchorage has been increasingly seen in crows in Southeast Alaska, broadening a mysterious phenomenon.

Those black birds in Arizona are nothing to crow about. Clay Thompson. ... Both are large and shiny black, but ravens are slightly larger and have bigger beaks. And while crows "caw," ravens, ...

Crows and ravens are two different but closely related bird species. Both have glossy black feathers and are highly intelligent, which can lead people to confuse them.

Ravens are about 1/3 again the size of crows. The wingspan of a raven is four feet or so, while for a crow, it’s around three feet. The raven has an enormous beak that is surrounded at the point where ...

With wingspans up to 36 inches and intimidating black beaks and sharp claws, Japan's crows are bigger, more aggressive and downright scarier than those usually seen in North America.

The U.S. Geological Survey study on beak deformities in northwestern crows in Alaska, Washington and British Columbia follows a trend found earlier in Alaska's black-capped chickadees.