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!
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