Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-74.101.236.56-20170321065847/@comment-4010415-20170503001409

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ........What's the real noticeable difference between Ravens and Crows? Pretty much none.

Unless you're a biologist who knows about birds, the only real difference is that ravens are maybe bigger. In every other regard, they are practically the same, and depending on your language, they may well even be called the exact same thing. A crow's tail is more of a rounded fan shape, while a raven's tail is pointed and a bit "diamond"-shaped. Crows and ravens have different calls. A crow's wing has five broad feather "fingers", while a raven's wing has four long, thin feather "fingers". They apparently fly differently, with the crow doing lots of flapping while the raven can do more soaring and acrobatics. The crow's species is Corvus brachyrhynchos, and the raven's species is Corvus corax. They're related and similar but apparently entirely dfiferent species at the same time.