Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In common English, they are known as the crow family, or, more technically, corvids. Over 120 species are described. The genus Corvus, including the jackdaws, crows, rooks, and ravens, makes up over a third of the entire family.
24 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 136 known species
Crows and Ravens
genusCorvus
Blue and Steller's Jays
genusCyanocitta
True Magpies
genusPica
Scrub-Jays and Allies
genusAphelocoma
Jackdaws
genusColoeus
Old World Jays
genusGarrulus
Cyanocorax Jays and Magpie-jays
genusCyanocorax
Boreal Jays
genusPerisoreus
Nutcrackers
genusNucifraga
Choughs
genusPyrrhocorax
Azure-winged Magpies
genusCyanopica
Typical Treepies
genusDendrocitta
Blue-Magpies
genusUrocissa
Pinyon Jays
genusGymnorhinus
Highland Jays
genusCyanolyca
Spatulate-tailed Treepies
genusCrypsirina
Green-Magpies
genusCissa
Piapiacs
genusPtilostomus
Black Magpies
genusPlatysmurus
Ground-Jays
genusPodoces
Ratchet-tailed Treepies
genusTemnurus
Stresemann's Bush-Crows
genusZavattariornis
Crested Jays × Scrub-Jays
genushybridCyanocitta × Aphelocoma
Cyanocitta × Cyanocorax
genushybridCyanocitta × Cyanocorax
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 7823.