What is Raven?
{{Taxobox | name = Raven | image =Corvus corax (NPS).jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = A raven | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Corvidae]] | genus = '''''[[crow|Corvus]]''''' | binomial=''Corvus corax'' | binomial_authority=[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]] | range_map=Corvus_corax_map.jpg | range_map_width = 250px | range_map_caption=Common raven range }} A '''raven''' is a big black [[bird]], (''Corvus corax''). It is also called the common raven or the northern raven. It is similar to a [[crow]], but bigger. It and the [[thick-billed raven]] are the two largest birds in the [[corvidae|crow family]], and perhaps the heaviest [[perching birds]]. The raven's [[feather]]s are all black, but a crow has feathers that are white at the bottom. This cannot be seen from a [[distance]]. The most famous raven is in the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] story called ''The Raven''. The common raven can be [[wikt:tame|tamed]]. Some think it is mischievous and sly, and it has been regarded as a bird of evil and [[wikt:mysterious|mysterious]] character.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=raven&searchmode=none |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |work=etymonline.com |accessdate=6 May 2010 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[File:Corvus corax tingitanus MHNT 232 HdB Djebel Messaad Algerie.jpg|left |thumb|''Corvus corax'' eggs]] {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Corvids]] [[Category:National symbols of Bhutan]]