hooded crow

American  

noun

1. a European crow, Corvus corone cornix, having a gray body and black head, wings, and tail.

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hooded crow British  

noun

1. Also called (Scot): hoodie.   hoodie crow.  a subspecies of the carrion crow, Corvus corone cornix, that has a grey body and black head, wings, and tail

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Etymology

Origin of hooded crow

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

The pope wished everyone his customary “good lunch,” and a sea gull, aided by a hooded crow, obliged.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2018

To the east, the hooded crow rules the roost.

From Nature • Jun. 19, 2014

The attackers — a hooded crow, which was mostly silver with black head and wings, and a yellow-legged gull — are opportunistic feeders that eat almost anything.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2014

There is a kind of crow, which is seen in England in flocks, called the hooded crow.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

Scavenging is left to dogs and jackals; and there is a hooded crow, not very abundant, which is peculiar to this country, having white where the European and Eastern Asiatic species have grey—a handsome bird.

From Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years by Palmer, Robert Stafford Arthur