Raven
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{{Mergeto|Corvus (genus)|date=February 2008}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Raven
| image =Corvus corax (NPS).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = [[Common Raven]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Corvidae]]
| genus = '''''[[crow|Corvus]]'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Raven''' is the common name given to the largest species of [[passerine]] [[bird]]s in the [[genus]] ''[[Corvus (biology)|Corvus]]''. Corvids are also commonly referred to as crows and other species in the same genus include [[jackdaw]]s and [[Rook (bird)|rooks]].
In most of [[Europe]] and [[North America]], ''raven'' is used as a [[synonym]] for the widespread '''[[Common Raven]]''', and much of the [[literature]] and [[culture]] surrounding ravens refers to that [[species]].
Ravens have high [[bird intelligence|intelligence]] and are perhaps the smartest birds.<ref name=Cornell>{{cite web |url=http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Raven.html |title=All about birds: Raven |accessdate=2007-02-12 |author=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |authorlink=Cornell University}}</ref> Their intelligence might be on par with canids such as wolves and some breeds of dog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/ravens/ravens.html |title=Raven |accessdate=2007-02-12 |author=PBS |authorlink=Public Broadcasting Service}}</ref>
An obsolete [[collective noun]] for a group of ravens (or at least the Common Raven) is an "unkindness"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baltimorebirdclub.org/gnlist.html | title=Baltimore Bird Club. Group Name for Birds: A Partial List | accessdate=2007-06-03}}</ref> or a "conspiracy"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucgc.org/terms-for-collections.htm | title=University of California Golf Club. List of Collective Nouns | accessdate=2008-07-16}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=188 Raven videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=raven North American ravens] on eNature
* [http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150475 Ravens and Crows] at the Pennsylvania State Game Commission site
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