Corvidae
Sign in to saveCorvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial terms, the crow family is made up of corvids; currently 135 species are included. The genus Corvus containing 47 species makes up over a third of the entire family. The raven is the largest passerine bird.
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Corvidae is a family of birds found around the world that includes crows, ravens, magpies, jays, and several other similar species, comprising about 135 different species total. These birds matter because they are among the most successful and widespread bird families, with the genus Corvus alone accounting for over a third of all corvid species and including the raven, which is the largest of all perching birds.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae
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26 sectionsContents
- Systematics, taxonomy, and evolution
- Fossil record
- Morphology
- Ecology
- Behaviour
- Food and feeding
- Reproduction
- Intelligence
- Empathy-consolation
- Empathy-emotional contagion
- Interspecific communications
- Personality conformity
- Social construction
- Social complexity
- Consciousness, culture-rudiments, and neurology
- Tool use, memory, and complex rational thought
- Implications and specific comparisons with other animals
- Disease
- Relationship with humans
- Role in myth and culture
- Status and conservation
- Species
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial terms, the crow family is made up of corvids; currently 135 species are included. The genus Corvus containing 47 species makes up over a third of the entire family. The raven is the largest passerine bird.
Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size, and are among the most intelligent birds thus far studied. Specifically, members of the family have demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests (Eurasian magpies) and tool-making ability (e.g. crows and rooks), skills which until recently were thought to be possessed only by humans and a few other mammals. Their total brain-to-body mass ratio is equal to that of non-human great apes and cetaceans, and only slightly lower than that of humans.