Cape Crow
Corvus capensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusCorvus (Crows and Ravens)
- SpeciesCorvus capensis (Cape Crow)
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Fan-tailed Raven
Corvus rhipidurus
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
White-necked Raven
Corvus albicollis
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser donaldsoni
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Passer gongonensis
Pink-breasted Lark
Calendulauda poecilosterna
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Teita Fiscal
Lanius dorsalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 16 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 19 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 20 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 21 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 22 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cape Crow in Samburu National Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Cape Crow sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cape Crow in Samburu National Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Cape Crow in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.