English: Common Raven, Northern Raven          
Russian: Ворон    
Mongolian: Хон хэрээ   
German: Kolkrabe  
French: Grand corbeau

Japanese: ワタリガラス (Watari-garasu)       

Body length: 54-69 cm
Wing span: 120-150 cm

Resident breeder
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 4-6 (occasionally 3-7)
Egg colour: Glossy light blue with olive-brown or dark-brown specks.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, chicks, small mammals and carrion. 

Habitat: Breeding birds build a stick nest on cliffs, rocks, dry river beds, trees, poles, pylons and other man-made substrates in almost all habitats of natural zones and near settlements. The nest is a large mass of twigs, larger sticks, cotton, plastic bags, and wires, bones of cattle and wildlife and vegetable matter, well-lined with grass tufts, wool and hair.