Corvus corax
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Tail wedge- or diamond-shaped when spread in flight, whereas hooded crow and rook have square-ended tails
Very heavy long bill with a curved culmen, forming almost a single line with the forehead
Long shaggy throat hackles that bristle when the bird calls
Buzzard-sized, wingspan up to about 1.2 m, looking twice the bulk of other crows
Soars for long spells and rolls or tumbles in the air, usually singly or in pairs over cliffs
Deep hoarse resonant "kronk kronk", far lower-pitched than other crows' cawing
