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.
- Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis LC
- Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri LC
- Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata LC
- Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas LC
- Brown Jay, Psilorhinus morio LC
- Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens VU T
- Island Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma insularis VU
- Western Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma californica LC
- Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma wollweberi LC
- Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus VU
- Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana LC
- Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
- Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli LC
- Eurasian Jackdaw, Corvus monedula (C) LC
- American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos LC
- Northwestern Crow, Corvus caurinus LC
- Tamaulipas Crow, Corvus imparatus LC
- Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus LC
- Chihuahuan Raven, Corvus cryptoleucus LC
- Common Raven, Corvus corax LC
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Canada And The United States
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