hooded crow

American  

noun

1. a European crow, Corvus corone cornix, having a gray body and black head, wings, and tail.

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hooded crow British  

noun

1. Also called (Scot): hoodie.   hoodie crow.  a subspecies of the carrion crow, Corvus corone cornix, that has a grey body and black head, wings, and tail

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Etymology

Origin of hooded crow

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

Numerous bird species, including the Eurasian Jay, Green Finch, Hooded Crow, Masked Shrike, Palestine Sunbird, and Sardinian Warbler rely on the biodiversity provided by Palestine’s wild trees, six species of which are often found in native olive groves: the Aleppo pine, almond, olive, Palestine buckhorn, piny hawthorne, and fig.

From Salon

The pope wished everyone his customary “good lunch,” and a sea gull, aided by a hooded crow, obliged.

From New York Times

To the east, the hooded crow rules the roost.

From Nature

The attackers — a hooded crow, which was mostly silver with black head and wings, and a yellow-legged gull — are opportunistic feeders that eat almost anything.

From Washington Post

With him the hooded crow was in a single sentence corvus cornix, and the "highwayman of the air."

From Project Gutenberg