Jackdaws
Coloeus
Coloeus is a genus of the bird that is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Corvus, including the IUCN. It contains two relatively small species both named jackdaws. They have a blackish crown, wings and tail, the rest of the plumage being paler. The word Coloeus is New Latin, from the Ancient Greek for jackdaws: koloiós (κολοιός).
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Eurasian Jackdaw
speciesColoeus monedula
Daurian Jackdaw
speciesColoeus dauuricus
Daurian × Eurasian Jackdaw
hybridColoeus dauuricus × monedula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 336400.