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-1.83 (-2.29 - -1.34)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
"This cunning, inquisitive, vocal opportunist is one of the most widespread of North American birds? (Verbeek and Caffrey 2002). It is a very intelligent species, as are the other corvids. The American Crow is a highly social species and will mob predators, particularly the Great Horned Owl. While usually very vocal, it is quiet during nesting. The American Crow nests from the southwestern Northwest Territories and Labrador to the Mexican borderlands, and winters in the southern two-thirds of its breeding range.
The American Crow is versatile, inhabiting many types of open country, farmland, farmyards, wood edges, open woodland, parks, and urban areas.
Numbers of the American Crow vary considerably over a range that includes the entire province except the northern Subarctic. While common in transition forest and parklands, it is better described as a fairly common bird over most of its range (Smith 1996). Numbers dropped noticeably when the West Nile virus outbreak occurred in 2003, affecting many bird species, but particularly the American Crow and Black-billed Magpie. Large fall flocks ceased, but their numbers have since increased slowly.
Original text by Kelwin A. Wylie. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the American Crow in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. American Crow in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=AMCR&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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