Blackbird vs. Raven — What's the Difference?

Any of various New World birds of the family Icteridae, such as the grackle or red-winged blackbird, the male of which has black or predominantly black plumage.

A raven is a large bird from one of several species of the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus.

A Eurasian and African songbird (Turdus merula), the male of which is black with a yellow bill. Also called merle1, ouzel.

A large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion.

A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.

(especially of hair) of a glossy black colour

A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).

(of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey

A native of the South Pacific islands.

A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force

Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.

In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Variant of ravin.

Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian.

Voracity; rapaciousness.

A native of any of the islands near Queensland; - called also Kanaka.

Something taken as prey.

To engage in the slave trade.

The act or practice of preying.

Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

Black and shiny

Common black European thrush

To consume greedily; devour.

To seek or seize as prey or plunder.

To seek or seize prey or plunder.

To eat ravenously.

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

A jet-black colour.

Rapine; rapacity.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

To obtain or seize by violence.

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.

(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Rapine; rapacity.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

To obtain or seize by violence.

To devour with great eagerness.

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Obtain or seize by violence

Prey on or hunt for;

Eat greedily;

Feed greedily;