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The Cape crow (Corvus capensis) is a bird found in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya. Fields, farms and roads across southern Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Cape crow lives

Fields, farms and roads across southern Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs20%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)10%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by isaac kilusu (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC668565. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Cape crow

Where does the Cape crow live?

The Cape crow lives in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya. Fields, farms and roads across southern Africa.

What does the Cape crow eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), dead animals (carrion) (about 10%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Cape crow endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.