The raven’s most obvious field mark, other than size, is the extremely large bill which has a massive base attachment to the head. The crow’s bill is petite in comparison.

Size: A raven is larger than a crow, with a length of 24 inches and a wingspan of 4 feet, while a crow measures 17 inches in length with a wingspan of 2.5 feet.

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 ...

Crows caw while ravens make a deep-toned croak or a hoarse croo-croo call, the encyclopedia states. Bird experts agree that crows and ravens are intelligent.

American Crows are common and thrive around people. The best way to differentiate the two is ravens’ tails are tapered at the end, giving them a diamond or wedge shape compared to a crow’s ...

In the rare instances when both crows and ravens are seen together, such as at a deer carcass, the immense size of the raven is immediately striking. Furthermore, its beak is much thicker, and its ...

Botero said that even as the birds diversified across the globe and their body sizes changed, they never got smaller. Rather, all the species retained a relatively large size. He also said that the ...