Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan faimily o oscine passerine birds that hauds the craws, corbies,, kaes, jay-pyotss, pyots, treepies, choughs, an nitcrackers.[1][2][3] There are mair nor 120 species in the faimly. Corvids are kent tae bide in aa airts less the southlins o South America an Antarctica.
Corvidae | |
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Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfaimily: | Corvoidea |
Faimily: | Corvidae Leach, 1820 |
Distribution map of the Corvidae.
Native (Re)Introduced Extinct (post-1500) Extinct (pre-1500)
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References
eedit- ↑ Madge, S.; Burn, H. (1993). Crows and Jays. Helm. ISBN 1-873403-18-6.
- ↑ Robertson, Don (30 January 2000): Bird Families of the World: Corvidae Archived 2006-04-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-NOV-10.
- ↑ Clayton, Nicola; Emery, Nathan (2005). "Corvid cognition". Current Biology. 15 (3): R80–R81. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.020. PMID 15694292.
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