a raven, a bird (see attestations); often translated as cuervo in Spanish (crow, in English), but ravens were far more likely than crows to have been witnessed in central Mexico
CĀCĀLŌ-TL/CĀCĀL-LI/CĀL-LI, Common Raven (Corvus corax) [FC: 43 Cacalotl] “Also it is called calli and cacalli. It is really black….” Well known as the Common Raven. Often called “cuervo” or “crow” in the vernacular, but no species of crow is likely to have been familiar to the Aztec scribes.
auh y tototzitzintin yn cacalome yn tzotzo pilo[me] [f. 30v] niman muchin tlalpan huetzque ça papatlacatinemia huel otlaocoltzatzatzique = and the little birds, the crows, the buzzards, [f. 30v] all fell on the ground and went about fluttering and making very mournful cries
cacalotl = a crow