Large-billed crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

The Large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) is a bird found in India, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea. Forests and cities across Asia. It eats dead animals (carrion), insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Corvus macrorhynchos
Region	Asia
Found in	India, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea

🏡 Where the Large-billed crow lives

Forests and cities across Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🦴 Leftovers (carrion)30%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%
🍎 Fruit20%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It is so adaptable that it eats almost anything it finds.

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Recorded by Zsombor Károlyi (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1164575. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Large-billed crow

Where does the Large-billed crow live?

The Large-billed crow lives in India, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea. Forests and cities across Asia.

What does the Large-billed crow eat?

dead animals (carrion) (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), fruit (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Large-billed 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.