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Raven

May 04, 2023

For other uses, see Raven (disambiguation).

A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size.

Common raven of North America (Corvus corax principalis) in flight

The largest raven species are the common raven and the thick-billed raven; these are also the largest passerine species.

Etymology

The term "raven" originally referred to the common raven (Corvus corax), the type species of the genus Corvus, which has a larger distribution than any other species of Corvus, ranging over much of the Northern Hemisphere.

The modern English word raven has cognates in all other Germanic languages, including Old Norse (and subsequently modern Icelandic) hrafn[1] and Old High German (h)Raban,[2] all of which descend from Proto-Germanic *hrabanaz.[3]

Collective nouns for a group of common ravens (if not all ravens) include "rave",[4] "treachery",[5] "unkindness",[5] and "conspiracy".[6] In practice, most people use the more generic "flock".[7]

Extant species

Extinct species

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary entry for "raven".
  2. ^ Simpson, J.; Weiner, E., eds. (1989). "Raven". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-861186-2.
  3. ^ "Raven". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
  4. ^ Lipton, James (1991). An Exaltation of Larks. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-30044-0.
  5. ^ a b "Baltimore Bird Club. Group Name for Birds: A Partial List". Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  6. ^ "University of California Golf Club. List of Collective Nouns". from the original on 18 September 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Google Ngram Viewer". books.google.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

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