These are found across northern Australia and in Western Australia from Geraldton to Norseman, more common in coastal and tropical areas, and also found in Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and New Britain. There are six members of the corvid (crow) family found in Australia: five native breeding species and one infrequent self-introduction. Three of these are called crows and three ravens, although there is almost no difference, they are similar in size and colouration and are difficult to tell apart, however the Torresian crow is the only corvid found in northern Australia.
They occupy a wide variety of habitats ranging across rainforest fringes, open forests and woodlands, taller scrublands, beaches, around farms and in croplands and have adapted well to outer urban and semi urban environments, being quite common in these areas.
Their diet is very broad and includes carrion (dead animals), grain, fruit, insects and other invertebrates, eggs and garbage.
The sexes are similar and form monogamous breeding pairs that maintain a permanent territory, the nest is a bowl of sticks lined with grass placed high in a tall tree or artificial structure, the female incubates the eggs but both parents share in feeding the chicks.