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 behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Egypt. Ancient Egyptian names for crow or raven species include at least gbgb > gbg3/g3bgw/qbq (this bird is once called 'black', its eggs could apparently be gathered according to a medical papyrus, and therefore points to a breeding bird of Egypt). In demotic an cbq-bird can be determined by help of the existence of Coptic ABOOK 'Crow, Raven'
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Egypt
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