Collared Crow

It is about the same size or slightly larger than the Carrion Crow , with proportionately slightly longer wings, tail and bill. A sleek and handsome bird, it has glossy black plumage except for the back of the neck, upper back , and a broad band around the lower breast that is white. The bill, legs and feet are black.

The Collared Crow is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

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America, the collared crow in China, and the pied crow in Africa. The carrion and the hooded crow interbreed, and are regarded as the same species by some. Carrion crows spend most of their time on the ground feeding or perched in trees. They are often confused with rooks but lack the gray skin at the base of the beak. They are black all over, though in strong sunlight their plumage glistens with purple-bl uish hue. More

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The Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) is about the same size or slightly larger than the Carrion Crow with proportionately slightly longer wings, tail and bill. A sleek and handsome bird, it has glossy black plumage except for the back of the neck, upper back (mantle), and a broad band around the lower breast that is white. The bill, legs and feet are black. It sometimes flies with its feet hanging down below the body in a characteristically "lazy" way. More

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Collared Crow (The); Couple of Misers (A); Story and a Song (A); Story-Bag (The); Fable; Folktales; Geographical Influence; Perception; Story Mapping PHIL: Generosity of Spirit; Culture; Hunger; Motivation for Giving; Sharing SOC: Africa; Asia; Cultures; India; Korea; Scarcity Purpose: Learners will read the story "The Collared Crow" and identify whether motivation, symbolism and extreme emergency alter an act of philanthropy. More

Collared Crow is a fairly common bird in and around Deep Bay, encountered in all seasons on almost every birding trip to Mai Po. The Crow typically forages at drained gei wai/fish ponds during the day, and at night roosts in the inter-tidal mangrove. However outside Hong Kong such encounters are becoming rare and the species is clearly vanishing from former strongholds in China, Vietnam and Taiwan. More