Corvus venustus is an extinct species of raven of the genus Corvus from the Early Pleistocene () of the Taurida Cave deposits of the central Crimean peninsula. It was described by Zelenkov (2026). Morphological analysis places it most similar to the modern thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris). C. venustus represents the first record of the group containing the African large-billed ravens, which includes the thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris) and the white-necked raven (C. albicollis) from the region, indicating a wider distribution of this clade of ravens during the Early Pleistocene.
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