Cape Crow

Cape Crow

Corvus capensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
1 Verified records at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It also has proportionately longer legs, wings, and tail, and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be adapted for probing into the ground for invertebrates. The head feathers have a coppery-purple gloss and the throat feathers are quite long and fluffed out in some calls and displays. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Cape Crow at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
50–60%
2 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
3 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
40–50%
4 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
40–50%
5 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
10–20%
6 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
7 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
8 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
9 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
11 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
12 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
13 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
14 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
15 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
16 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
17 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
18 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
19 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
20 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
21 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
22 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
23 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
24 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
25 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
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