Common Raven
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Corvus corax
Scarce residents, locally common with 12,000 breeding pairs in Britain plus 70,000 birds in Ireland.
Also breeds in mainland Europe & North America.
Adults are bigger than Carrion Crows & have mainly black plumage with black bill & legs.
They also have a wedge-shaped tail.
Juveniles are similar Adults, but slightly smaller.
Their typical call is a distinctive, deep, resonant prruk-prruk-prruk.