How to draw a hooded crow
Easy
The crow you see most often in Turkey has a gray body and a black head. That is the one we draw in this lesson. A thick beak and wingtips that spread like fingers are the secret.
The dashed line is the wing line in the DrawBird canvas: everything above it flaps, everything below it stays as the body.
Step by step
1. Gray body
Draw a big, long egg below the dashed line and color it gray. A crow is much bigger than a sparrow, so keep the body wide.
2. Black head
Put a round black head on the right of the body. Add a small white shine on the eye, or the eye gets lost in the black.
3. Thick beak
In front of the head, draw a thick, strong black beak that curves slightly down. The crow eats everything with this beak: seeds, insects, walnuts.
4. Wing with fingers
ABOVE the dashed line, draw a wide black wing. Do not end the tip flat: make feathers that split apart like fingers. You can recognize a flying crow from far away by these fingers.
5. Round tail
Add a black tail on the left of the body, rounded at the end like a fan.
Done!
Hooded crow is ready. Now draw it in DrawBird, give it a name and let it loose in the sky.
Common mistakes
- Drawing the beak thin. A crow's beak is thick and strong.
- Making everything black. This crow's body is gray. Only the head, wings and tail are black.
- Ending the wingtip in a point. The separated finger feathers are what make a crow a crow.
What you should know about Hooded crow
- It is 44–51 cm long, with a wingspan of 84–100 cm.
- It breaks hard-shelled food like walnuts or mussels by flying up high and dropping them on the ground.
- It can hide extra food and find the spot again later.
- It is very close to its all-black relative in western Europe. For many years the two were counted as the same species.