Prakruti Parichay
CorvidaeCorvus

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

47–47 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Winter visitor. Pakistan. Adult has whitish skin around base of bill and throat. Juvenile has black feathering on face and throat, and lacks gloss to black plumage. Juvenile more closely resembles Carrion and large-billed. and best told by thinner and more pointed bill (with straighter ridge to culmen), steeply rising forehead and peaked crown, and shaggy 'trousered' thighs. in flight, tail is more rounded or wedge-shaped. Cultivation and pastures.

Colour

BlackWhite
Average size
47 cm
Habitat
Cultivation and pastures.
Behaviour
Winter visitor.

About this bird

Winter visitor. Pakistan. Adult has whitish skin around base of bill and throat. Juvenile has black feathering on face and throat, and lacks gloss to black plumage. Juvenile more closely resembles Carrion and large-billed. and best told by thinner and more pointed bill (with straighter ridge to culmen), steeply rising forehead and peaked crown, and shaggy 'trousered' thighs. in flight, tail is more rounded or wedge-shaped. Cultivation and pastures.

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Rook is bigger than Eurasian Magpie but smaller than Greater Crested Tern.

This bird

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

47–47 cm