Rook / Saatkrähe (Corvus frugilegus)

Rook calling at Stadelhofen, Zurich - actually looks like a car-rion crow, rook should have a gray beak, but something definitely sounded different than a crow. 2025-03-10 13:33:57 Canton Zurich Galaxy S24 Ultra Shutter speed 0.001
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Classification: Genus Crows (Corvus); Family Corvidae (Corvidae)
General: The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face. Rooks nest collectively in the tops of tall trees, often close to farms or villages; the groups of nests are known as rookeries. [more]
Vocalization: Makes similar caws as Carrion Crow, but is harsher, softer, flatter with less rolling r's. [Link]
Song: Also gives a varied song of soft gurgling and rattling sounds, interwoven with calls at breeding ground. [Link]
Physical details: length=44-46 cm, wingspan=81-99 cm, weight=280-340 g
Habitats: Agricultural

Song: Gurgling and rattling, but mostly calls
Song attributes: Melody: non-musical, fast, Frequency: 0-3 KHz Special sounds: weird
Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN

Groaning rook call at Stadelhofen, Zurich. Greater Fehraltorf 2025-03-10 13:32:00
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Call attributes: song Frequency: ,
First documented observation: 2025-02-08 in Jona. Most recent observation: 2025-03-10 in Canton Zurich.