{"id":25444,"date":"2012-11-05T14:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T19:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:18:57","slug":"rook-corvus-frugilegus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/","title":{"rendered":"Rook Corvus frugilegus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Though resident in Great Britain and much of north and central Europe, vagrant to Iceland and northern Scandinavia, it also occurs as an eastern race in Asia where it differs in being very slightly smaller on average, and having a somewhat more fully feathered face. In the north of its range the species has a tendency to move south during autumn.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-316-25444\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8627\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-0004.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Rook Corvus frugilegus \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Rook Corvus frugilegus \" alt=\"Eurasian Rook Corvus frugilegus \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-0004.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook Corvus frugilegus <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2406\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-9.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (09)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (09)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2405\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-8.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (08)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (08)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2404\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-7.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (07)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (07)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2403\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-6.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (06)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (06)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2402\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-5.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (05)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (05)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2401\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-4.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2400\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-3.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2399\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-2.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2398\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-14.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) taken at Barley Cove, County Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) taken at Barley Cove, County Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2397\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-13.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2396\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-12.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2395\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-11.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2394\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-10.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2393\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/rook-corvus-frugilegus-1.jpg\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rook (Corvus frugilegus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/rook-corvus-frugilegus\/thumbs\/thumbs_rook-corvus-frugilegus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Though resident in Great Britain and much of north and central Europe, vagrant to Iceland and northern Scandinavia, it also occurs as an eastern race in Asia where it differs in being very slightly smaller on average, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":828036,"parent":17615,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2069,2068],"class_list":["post-25444","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corvus-frugilegus","tag-rook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25444\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}