Crows and Allies
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 13 species which occur in Afghanistan.
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Afghanistan
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