Rook
Corvus frugilegus
The adult rook is a social corvid of farmland, pastures, open woodland, and village edges, often nesting high in communal rookeries. It walks over fields probing the soil for earthworms and insects, but also eats grain, seeds, fruit, carrion, and human scraps. In defense it can peck, buffet with its wings, dive at threats, and give harsh cawing alarm calls. A notable field mark is the pale bare skin at the base of the bill, which helps separate it from the carrion crow.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Rook Fledgling
- Rook