page_title: List of birds of British Columbia
section_title: Crows, jays, and magpies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of British Columbia / Crows, jays, and magpies
caption_attribution_description: English: This is Black-billed Magpie. Taken in Yellowstone Bear World (near Idaho Falls, Idaho).
context_page_description: This list of birds of British Columbia includes species documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of January 2020, there are 588 species included in this list. Of them, 227 are rare or accidental and 17 have been introduced to British Columbia or elsewhere in North America. Five species have been extirpated and one is extinct. Thirty-nine species have only sight records or are classed as hypothetical. An additional species of questionable origin is also included here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species seldom recorded in British Columbia
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to British Columbia by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae
  The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.
  Canada jay, Perisoreus canadensis LC
  Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (A) VU
  Steller's jay, Cyanocitta stelleri LC
  Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata LC
  California scrub-jay, Aphelocoma californica (A) (not yet assessed by the IUCN)
  Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana LC
  Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia LC
  American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos LC
  Common raven, Corvus corax LC
caption: Black-billed magpie
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