User:Ungulate01/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
American crow

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I decided to evaluate this article as it is rated a level-5 vital article and is C-class. I like corvids for their cognitive abilities and that they seem to pass their knowledge down through generations. My first impression of the article is that it is in bad shape as there are no citations in the lead section. There are hyperlinks to other wikipedia articles throughout, but is overall lacking in citations.

Evaluate the article
The article on American Crows contains relevant and up to date information, but continually presents facts without citations. All sections are missing citations for certain facts and the lead section lacks them all together. Several sections could be more fleshed out as well. Under Behavior and Ecology the life stages are barely covered and the Intelligence subsection is very short and only provides one example. Another section is Relationships with Humans where the symbolism of crows is discussed. The cultures and religions who view crows negatively are not named. Additionally, there is no background provided to why certain cultures view crows as positive or negative. Overall, this article needs many citations, additional information, and context.