Editing Raven (section)

{{Short description|Collection of birds with the same common name}}
{{about|species known as ravens in general|the common raven of the Northern Hemisphere|Common raven}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
[[File:3782 Common Raven in flight.jpg|thumb|right|Common raven of North America (''Corvus corax principalis'') in flight]]
A '''raven''' is any of several large-bodied [[passerine]] [[bird]] species in the genus ''[[Corvus]]''. These species do not form a single [[Taxon|taxonomic group]] within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between [[crow]]s and ravens; the two names are assigned to different species chiefly by size.

The largest raven species are the [[common raven]] and the [[thick-billed raven]]; these are also the largest passerine species.