Northern Raven

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25357
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Summary

Northern Raven is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,159 views/month, #233 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Corvus[5]
  • Endemic to: Tal Chhapar Sanctuary[6], Desert National Park[7], Neora Valley National Park[8], Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary[9], Kitam bird sanctuary[10], Lachen[11], Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary[12]
  • Taxon name: Corvus corax[13]
  • Part of: raven[14]
  • Commons category: Corvus corax[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Corvus corax[16]
  • Commons gallery: Corvus corax[17]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
  • Short name: C. corax[20]
  • Taxon common name: Northern Raven[21], Cuervo grande[22], Kolkrabe[23], Grand Corbeau[24], Corvo imperiale[25], Raaf[26], Ravn[27], Ворон[28], Cigfran[29], corb comú[30], krkavec velký[31], ronk e. kaaren[32], ワタリガラス[33], korppi[34]

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Identifiers

Northern Raven's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56781[35]. Northern Raven's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510016[36]. Northern Raven's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2482492[37]. Northern Raven's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179725[38].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Northern Raven include Corvus Corax[39], a musical group[40], founded in 1989[41] and Corbu Vechi[42], a village[43], in Romania[44], founded in 1831[45].

Why It Matters

Northern Raven has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include Corvus Corax[39], a musical group[40], founded in 1989[41] and Corbu Vechi[42], a village[43], in Romania[44], founded in 1831[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 큰까마귀
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 큰까마귀"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3249
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C3249, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 43810
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 43810, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088956|Kolkrabe (#102088956)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] #"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0403736-krkavec-velky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0403736-krkavec-velky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'amount': '+1.21'}, {'amount': '+120'}, {'amount': '+150'}
    Endemic to → Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, Desert National Park, Neora Valley National Park +4
    Part of → raven
    Life expectancy → {'amount': '+17.1667'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 15866, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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