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Where does the Fan-tailed Raven live?

Corvus rhipidurus has 19,348 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1843 to 2026. Most records come from Ethiopia.

Fan-tailed Raven
Fan-tailed Raven — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesCorvidaeCorvus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Ethiopia 4,594
Kenya 4,528
Israel 3,445
Oman 2,382
Saudi Arabia 1,317
Palestine 1,082
Jordan 869
Uganda 651
Yemen 163
Djibouti 109
Eritrea 65
Egypt 32
Somalia 27
Sudan 24
Niger 21
Chad 17
Rwanda 6
South Sudan 5
Nigeria 4
United Arab Emirates 3
Syria 2
Türkiye 1
Tanzania 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.