Corvus frugilegus
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Adults show a bare, whitish patch of skin around the bill base, the only reliable mark; juveniles still have it feathered
Bill slim, straight and pointed, unlike the thick curved bill of hooded crow
Entirely black with purple-blue gloss, without the grey back of hooded crow
Loose thigh feathers hang like baggy trousers, making the legs look short
Nests in noisy colonies of dozens of nests high in trees and forms flocks of hundreds in winter
Flatter, more nasal caw than hooded crow, given in chorus at colonies
