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Welcome to Family Corvidae!

Corvidae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Aves > Order Passeriformes > Family Corvidae

(From Wikipedia) Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.

FACT: Self awareness, tool use, and a brain-to-body ratio similar to apes and dolphins mark the corvids as some of the most intelligent birds currently studied!

Currently discovered: 2/~20 Genera

Genus

  1. Cyanocitta - Blue and Steller's Jays
  2. Corvus - Crows and Ravens