This is NOT a baby crow.
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| Buff Banded Rail chick |
This is NOT a baby crow.
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| Corn Crake chick (also in the Rail family) |
This is a baby crow.
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| Crow chick |
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| 24-day-old crow chick |
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| Fledgling crow |
Crow chicks are
altricial. Altricial hatchlings are born naked and helpless with closed eyes. They rely on their parents for weeks or months. When they finally fledge from the nest, altricial chicks are very nearly as big as their parents. All corvids have altricial young. Fledging crows are distinguished from adults by their bright pink mouths. You'll see them in spring and early summer. Adults have black mouths.
Precocial hatchlings are born cute and fluffy with open eyes. They can walk and eat on their own within a couple of hours of hatching. Examples include ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys, and quails.
