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. In South Carolina, four species have been recorded as well as one species of questionable origin and one hypothetical.
- Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
- Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia (H)
- House Crow, Corvus splendens (P2)
- American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus
- Common Raven, Corvus corax
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Carolina
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