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 16 species which occur in Burma.
- Crested Jay Platylophus galericulatus
- Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Hooded Treepie Crypsirina cucullata (E)
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie Temnurus temnurus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Burma
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