Corvidae — Crow Family

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Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Corvidae
Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912

Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912

Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912

Corvus mellori, the little raven, is a smaller Australian corvid with changing eye colour, found across southeastern Australia.

Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912

Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912

Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912

Corvus tasmanicus, the forest raven, is Australia's largest corvid with a detailed description and scattered Australian distribution.

Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918

Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918

Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918

Corvus rhipidurus, the fan-tailed raven, is a small black raven found across dry, open regions of Africa and the Middle East.

Corvus bennetti North, 1901

Corvus bennetti North, 1901

Corvus bennetti North, 1901

Corvus bennetti, the little crow, is a small Australian crow species found across western and central dry Australia.

Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836

Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836

Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836

Thick-billed raven (Corvus crassirostris) is the likely heaviest extant passerine, endemic to northeastern tropical Africa.

Corvus sinaloae L.I.Davis, 1958

Corvus sinaloae L.I.Davis, 1958

Corvus sinaloae L.I.Davis, 1958

Corvus sinaloae, the Sinaloa crow, is a small crow species found in tropical western Mexico with specific glossy dark plumage.

Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788

Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788

Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788

Corvus jamaicensis is a non-glossy sooty-grey crow endemic to Jamaica, found in Jamaican woodlands and gardens.

Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus cornix, the hooded crow, is a distinct grey-and-black crow species found across Europe and western Asia.

Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758

Corvus corone (carrion crow) is an all-black corvid with detailed documented genetics, behaviour, and ecological traits.

Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821)

Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821)

Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821)

The Sunda crow (Corvus enca) is a passerine corvid bird found in Southeast Asian forests that eats fish and shrimp.

Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1831

Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1831

Garrulus lanceolatus Vigors, 1831

Garrulus lanceolatus, the black-headed jay, is a non-migratory bird related to the Eurasian jay that lives in the Himalayan region.

Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Garrulus glandarius, the Eurasian jay, is a small corvid key to spreading oak trees across Europe.

Cyanolyca armillata (G.R.Gray, 1845)

Cyanolyca armillata (G.R.Gray, 1845)

Cyanolyca armillata (G.R.Gray, 1845)

The black-collared jay is a ~30cm jay with three subspecies distributed across Andean forests of northwestern South America.

Cyanolyca cucullata (Ridgway, 1885)

Cyanolyca cucullata (Ridgway, 1885)

Cyanolyca cucullata (Ridgway, 1885)

The azure-hooded jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) is a secretive Central American corvid with distinct blue plumage.

Cyanolyca turcosa (Bonaparte, 1853)

Cyanolyca turcosa (Bonaparte, 1853)

Cyanolyca turcosa (Bonaparte, 1853)

Cyanolyca turcosa, the turquoise jay, is a South American Andean corvid currently rated as least concern conservationally.

Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

Crypsirina temia (Daudin, 1800)

The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is an Asian corvid bird found across Southeast Asia with distinctive black and green plumage.

Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed description of blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) covering its morphology, range, and reproduction.

Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788)

Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788)

Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788)

Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a variably plumaged North and Central American jay found mainly in western coniferous forests.

Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)

Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)

Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham, 1790)

Dendrocitta vagabunda, the rufous treepie, is a long-tailed Asian bird with cinnamon body plumage and recognized regional subspecies.

Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863

Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863

Dendrocitta formosae Swinhoe, 1863

The grey treepie is a medium-sized corvid found across South and East Asia, with distinct grey body plumage and multiple recognized subspecies.

Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833

Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833

Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould, 1833

Dendrocitta leucogastra (white-bellied treepie) is a bird species native to the Western Ghats of India with specific described traits and behavior.

Dendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe, 1879

Dendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe, 1879

Dendrocitta cinerascens Sharpe, 1879

Dendrocitta cinerascens, the Bornean treepie, is a fairly large bird found in mountain habitats of northern and central Borneo.

Pica nuttalli (Audubon, 1837)

Pica nuttalli (Audubon, 1837)

Pica nuttalli (Audubon, 1837)

Pica nuttalli is a medium-sized North American corvid, smaller on average than black-billed magpies, with a yellow bill and yellow facial skin, omnivorous and ground-foraging.

Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823)

Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823)

Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823)

This is a description of the black-billed magpie Pica hudsonia, covering its physical traits, lookalikes, distribution, and habitat.

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