page_title: Corvidae
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Corvidae / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris at Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. This bird created lot of interest among the trekkers by its sheer beauty. Their music enhanced when pairs of them were seen courting, displaying, flying &amp; calling together, moving from one branch to another, from higher altitude to lower one in slow steps. Breeding Territory was successfully defended by many birds as &amp; when these birds entered into their domain. These birds were themselves busy in collecting nesting material etc. Taken at Pulga village (7000 ft.) at 11 hrs. on 12/5/07 while returning back from Sar Pass.
context_page_description: 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. Corvids are the largest passerines.
  Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size and are among the most intelligent birds thus far studied. Specifically, members of the family have demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests and tool-making ability, skills which until recently were thought to be possessed only by humans and a few other higher mammals. Their total brain-to-body mass ratio is equal to that of non-human great apes and cetaceans, and only slightly lower than that of humans.
  They are medium to large in size, with strong feet and bills, rictal bristles, and a single moult each year. Corvids are found worldwide except for the tip of South America and the polar ice caps.
context_section_description: FAMILY CORVIDAE
  Choughs
  Genus Pyrrhocorax
  Alpine chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus
  Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
  Treepies
  Genus Crypsirina
  Hooded treepie, Crypsirina cucullata
  Racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia
  Genus Dendrocitta
  Andaman treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyi
  Bornean treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens
  Grey treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
  Collared treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
  White-bellied treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra
  Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
  Rufous treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
  Genus Platysmurus
  Black magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus
  Genus Temnurus
  Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus temnurus
  Oriental magpies
  Genus Cissa
  Common green magpie, Cissa chinensis
  Indochinese green magpie, Cissa hypoleuca
  Javan green magpie, Cissa thalassina
  Bornean green magpie, Cissa jefferyi
  Genus Urocissa
  Taiwan blue magpie, Urocissa caerulea
  Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
  Yellow-billed blue magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
  Sri Lanka blue magpie, Urocissa ornata
  White-winged magpie, Urocissa whiteheadi
  Old World jays
  Genus Platylophus
  Crested jay, Platylophus galericulatus
  Genus Garrulus
  Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
  Black-headed jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
  Lidth's jay, Garrulus lidthi
  Genus Podoces – ground jays
  Biddulph's ground jay, Podoces biddulphi
  Henderson's ground jay, Podoces hendersoni
  Pander's ground jay, Podoces panderi
  Pleske's ground jay, Podoces pleskei
  Piapiac
  Genus Ptilostomus
  Piapiac, Ptilostomus afer
  Stresemann's bushcrow
  Genus Zavattariornis
  Stresemann's bushcrow, Zavattariornis stresemanni
  Nutcrackers
  Genus Nucifraga
  Spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
  Large-spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga multipunctata
  Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana
  Holarctic magpies
  Genus Pica
  Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia
  Yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli
  Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
  Korean magpie, Pica (pica) sericea
  Genus Cyanopica
  Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
  Iberian magpie, Cyanopica cooki
  True crows (crows, ravens, jackdaws and rooks)
  Genus Corvus
  Australian and Melanesian species
  Little crow, Corvus bennetti
  Australian raven, Corvus coronoides
  Bismarck crow, Corvus insularis
  Brown-headed crow, Corvus fuscicapillus
  Bougainville crow, Corvus meeki
  Little raven, Corvus mellori
  New Caledonian crow, Corvus moneduloides
  Torresian crow, Corvus orru
  Forest raven, Corvus tasmanicus
  Relict raven, Corvus (tasmanicus) boreus
  Grey crow, Corvus tristis
  Long-billed crow, Corvus validus
  White-billed crow, Corvus woodfordi
  Pacific island species
  ʻAlalā (Hawaiian crow), Corvus hawaiiensis (formerly Corvus tropicus) (extinct in the wild)
  Mariana crow, Corvus kubaryi
  Tropical Asian species
  Daurian jackdaw, Corvus dauuricus
  Slender-billed crow, Corvus enca
  Flores crow, Corvus florensis
  Large-billed crow, Corvus macrorhynchos
  Eastern jungle crow, Corvus levaillantii
  Indian jungle crow, Corvus culminatus
  House crow, Corvus splendens
  Collared crow, Corvus torquatus
  Piping crow, Corvus typicus
  Banggai crow, Corvus unicolor
  Eurasian and North African species
  Hooded crow, Corvus cornix
  Mesopotamian crow, Corvus (cornix) capellanus
  Carrion crow (western carrion crow), Corvus corone
  Eastern carrion crow, Corvus (corone) orientalis
  Rook, Corvus frugilegus
  Western jackdaw, Corvus monedula
  Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus
  Brown-necked raven, Corvus ruficollis
  Holarctic species
  Common raven, Corvus corax (see also next section)
  Pied raven, Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus (an extinct color variant)
  North and Central American species
  American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
  Northwestern crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus
  Chihuahuan raven, Corvus cryptoleucus
  Tamaulipas crow, Corvus imparatus
  Jamaican crow, Corvus jamaicensis
  White-necked crow, Corvus leucognaphalus
  Cuban crow, Corvus nasicus
  Fish crow, Corvus ossifragus
  Palm crow, Corvus palmarum
  Sinaloa crow, Corvus sinaloae
  Western raven, Corvus (corax) sinuatus
  Tropical African species
  White-necked raven, Corvus albicollis
  Pied crow, Corvus albus
  Cape crow, Corvus capensis
  Thick-billed raven, Corvus crassirostris
  Somali crow (dwarf raven)
caption: Yellow-billed blue magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
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