The feathers around a crow’s head are smooth and neat. Ravens and crows have different tail shapes. In flight, the birds have different tail feather silhouettes. Crow tail feathers are all the ...

Largest crow in North America, with uniformly black plumage and fan-shaped tail ... either raven. On rare occasions individuals show white patches in wings. Juvenile: brownish cast to feathers ...

Ravens have a notable ruff of feathers around their neck, beak and head. They have a diamond shaped tail, with longer feathers in the middle, rather than a crow’s equal-length fan shaped tail.