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 30 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of corvids of any country on earth.
- Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
- Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans (E)
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana
- Gold-billed Magpie Urocissa flavirostris
- Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
- White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi
- Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Yellow-breasted Magpie Cissa hypoleuca
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Ratchet-tailed Treepie Temnurus temnurus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mongolian Ground-Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Xinjiang Ground-Jay Podoces biddulphi (E)
- Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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