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. There are 8 Iowa species.
- Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis (A)
- Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
- Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (A)
- Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana
- Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
- American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus (A)
- Common Raven, Corvus corax
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Iowa
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