List of Birds of Florida - Jays, Crows, Magpies, and Ravens

Jays, Crows, Magpies, and Ravens

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 levels of learned behavior of a high degree.

  • Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  • Florida Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
  • American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus

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