Africa

Pied crow

Corvus albus

The Pied crow (Corvus albus) is a bird found in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. Towns, farms and open land across Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Corvus albus
Region	Africa
Found in	South Africa, Kenya and Uganda

🏡 Where the Pied crow lives

Towns, farms and open land across Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs40%
🐭 Mammals & birds20%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs20%
🐟 Fish10%
🦴 Leftovers (carrion)10%

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.

💡 Its white chest looks like a bib on a black crow.

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Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1041611. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pied crow

Where does the Pied crow live?

The Pied crow lives in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. Towns, farms and open land across Africa.

What does the Pied crow eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 20%), fish (about 10%), dead animals (carrion) (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pied 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.