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The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is a bird found in United States, Canada and Sweden. Mountains, forests and deserts across the Northern Hemisphere. It eats small mammals and birds, dead animals (carrion) and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Common Raven lives

Mountains, forests and deserts across the Northern Hemisphere.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐭 Mammals & birds20%
• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)20%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs10%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🐟 Fish10%
• 🍎 Fruit10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Common Raven

Recorded by Lars Edenius (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1084372. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Common Raven

Where does the Common Raven live?

The Common Raven lives in United States, Canada and Sweden. Mountains, forests and deserts across the Northern Hemisphere.

What does the Common Raven eat?

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

Is the Common Raven endangered?

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

More birds from North America

• Eastern kingbird
• Red-crowned woodpecker
• American redstart
• Indigo bunting
• Northern shoveler
• Hen harrier

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