Cape Crow
Corvus capensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusCorvus (Crows and Ravens)
- SpeciesCorvus capensis (Cape Crow)
The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It also has proportionately longer legs, wings, and tail, and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be adapted for probing into the ground for invertebrates. The head feathers have a coppery-purple gloss and the throat feathers are quite long and fluffed out in some calls and displays. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Crow sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Hartlaub's Babbler
Turdoides hartlaubii
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cape Crow in Moremi Game Reserve?
About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Crow sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Cape Crow in Moremi Game Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Cape Crow in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.