Birds · New here: first heard 19 Sept.
Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides
First heard here 19 Sept · last heard today at 1:02pm · 2 days in the last year · 8 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Hugo Caverzasi, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
Heard here by the park sensor, 98% match
Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.
What to look for
The Australian raven is a passerine corvid bird native to Australia. Measuring 46–53 centimetres (18–21 in) in length, it has an all-black plumage, beak and mouth, as well as strong, greyish-black legs and feet. The upperparts of its body are glossy, with a purple-blue, greenish sheen; its black feathers have grey bases. The Australian raven is distinguished from the Australian crow, and other related corvids, by its long chest feathers, or throat hackles, which are prominent in mature birds. Older individuals and subadults have white irises, while the younger birds' eyes display blue inner rims; hatchlings and young birds have brown, dark irises until about fifteen months of age, at which point their irises become hazel-coloured, with an inner blue rim around each pupil, this lasting until they are roughly 2.5 to 3 years of age. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the Australian raven in 1827, its species name coronoides highlighting its similarity with the carrion crow. Two subspecies are recognised, which differ slightly in their vocalisations, and are quite divergent, genetically.
Read more on Wikipedia (Australian raven)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Saturday 19 September, 5 detections between 5:38am and 3:15pm.
| Day | Detections | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sept | 3 | 1:00pm | 1:02pm | 91% |
| 19 Sept | 5 | 5:38am | 3:15pm | 98% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.