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 Nepal.
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus
- 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
- 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
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Raven Corvus corax
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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