Another clue is to listen closely to the birds' calls.

Ravens have a big wattle or feather ruffle on their throat sometimes called a hackle and crows do not.There are 2 sorts of Crows we get in Australia; Little Crows in inland Australia across to WA. Australian Raven It’s not easy telling crows and ravens apart just by looking at them. (Corvus coronoides) The Australian Raven is a black bird with white eyes in adults. Crows give a cawing sound, but ravens … Australian Ravens usually live in pairs. Immatures are similar to adults but have dark eyes. If you want to know, ravens have grey bases to their feathers, while crows have white bases. Australian Raven. They are only a bit smaller & have never been see within hundreds of kilometres of the East Coast, so it wont be those. The bases of the feathers of the crows are white, while those of the ravens are grey and they have different calls which can be the only way to distinguish them. The hackles on the neck (the throat feathers) are longer than in other species of crows. Click to continue>. There are six members of the family found in Australia - three are called crows and three ravens, although there is very little difference between them and they look very similar. A crow's tail is shaped like a fan, while the raven's tail appears wedge-shaped or triangular.