Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Corvidae
The Corvidae family includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behaviour. There are 120 species worldwide and 22 species which occur in India.
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra (E)
- Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
- Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos (C. m. japonensis)
- Indian Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus
- Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Raven Corvus corax
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