Corvidae (original) (raw)

The crow family Corvidae, are the largest birds of the Passeriformes. This group show themselves at the very least, to have a flexible approach to their food-finding and interaction between fellow species members, and with other animals. Some of the larger species (especially in the genus Corvus) also show levels of learned behavior of a high degree, and even insight in some examples that can be interpreted as intelligence.

There are many species in this family, but they can be divided into well-defined groups.

• The Crows, genus Corvus, including Ravens
• The Jays
• The Choughs, genus Pyrrhocorax
• The Magpies
• The Treepies
• The Nutcrackerss, genus Nucifraga
• The Ground-jays, genus Podoces
• Stresemann's Bush-Crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni
• Piapiac, Ptilostomus afer

Hume's Ground Jay (Pseudopodoces humilis) has now been asigned to the Tit or Titmouse family (Paridae). See link below for latest details:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00170.x/abs/