General

Hawaiian Crow: Medium-sized crow with brown-black body and brown-tinged wings. Eyes are brown and bill is large and stout. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has blue eyes.

Range and Habitat

Hawaiian Crow: Found on the island of Hawaii in a small area of central Kona on the west slope of Mauna Loa Volcano. Found in open, park-like montane forests.

Breeding and Nesting

Hawaiian Crow: One to five blue gray eggs spotted with black and brown are laid in a nest made of twigs and sticks and built on a branch of an ohi’a tree. Eggs are incubated for 18 days by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Hawaiian Crow: Feeds on fruits of native trees and shrubs, but also eats insects, mice, and sometimes nestlings of small birds; forages in trees and on the ground.

Readily Eats

Peanuts

Vocalization

Hawaiian Crow: Call is a crow-like "cawk" or "ca-wack." Other vocalizations include raucous growls.

Similar Species

Hawaiian Crow: Not likely to be confused with any other species.