Tag: Corvidae
White-Bellied Treepie
White-Bellied Treepie
Originally uploaded by AnoopAA
The White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra) is a bird of the crow family endemic to the forests of southern India.
Description
The white of the head and body separate it from the sympatric Rufous Treepie. This tends to be found in more dense forest and is less associated with humans than the Rufous Treepie.
The [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2009 under Dendrocitta leucogastra, Treepie, White-bellied Treepie.
Tags: birds of india, Corvidae, crows in India, Dendrocitta leucogastra, indian birds, Indian crows, treepies, treepies and crows, treepies are in the corvid family, treepies are in the crow family, White-bellied Treepie
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Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga Caryocatactes)
Spotted Nutcracker near Morskie Oko (Poland)
Originally uploaded by Wesley Danes
Spotted nutcrackers are named for their appearance and the way they use their large bills to take the shells off of nuts. There are white spots and streaks in their feathers. The spotted nutcracker’s brown body plumage is the color of chocolate. The lower part of [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Corvidae, Corvids, Nucifraga Caryocatactes, Spotted Nutcracker.
Tags: corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Nucifraga Caryocatactes, nutcrackers, Spotted Nutcracker
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Corvid cognition
Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
Nicola Clayton and Nathan Emery
aDepartment of Experimental Psychology and Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Available online 7 February 2005.
Article Outline
What is a corvid? There are just over 120 species of corvids, a family of songbirds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws, as well [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Common Crow, Common Raven, Corvid Cognition, corvid song, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus Corax, Crow, egg napping, egg stealing, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, Friends, Habitat, intelligence, jays, Magpie, Mating, Memory, nutcrackers, observation, Problem Solving, Recognition, Self-Aware, self-recognition, stealing eggs, Tool Use.
Tags: biology, bird brain, bird cognition, bird intelligence, birds, cognition, corvid, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows are intelligent, crows intelligence, Current Biology, Elsevier, intelligence, jays, magpies, Nathan Emery, Nicola Clayton, nutcrackers, primates, science, ScienceDirect
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Corvids play
Everything plays. Playing helps with motor and sensory skills as well as social behavior. It relieves stress. It teaches the young many important things needed for survival through the process of trial and error while they can still afford to make mistakes. It keeps relationships healthy. Social play helps children gain friends. Social play helps [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, bird play, caring for the young, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, corvid brain, corvid play, Corvids, Crow, crows, family, learning, play, playing, social play, Young.
Tags: avian play, birds play, caring for the young, Common Raven, Corvidae, Corvids, corvids play, crows play, play, play with birds, play with crows, ravens, ravens play, social play
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Biggest and Smallest Corvids
Most people do not know that there are over 120 species of corvid family of birds—including many jays, choughs and treepies—not just crows, ravens and magpies. Well, I was not certain where to begin with this fascinating family of birds so I decided to start with telling you the biggest and the smallest amongst them.
The [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Common Raven, corvid, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Cyanolyca nana, Dwarf Jay, Raven, size, Thick-billed raven.
Tags: biggest corvid, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Cyanolyca nana, Dwarf Jay, largest corvid, largest in crow family, Raven, smallest corvid, smallest in crow family, Thick-billed raven, what corvid is biggest?, what corvid is smallest?, what is the smallest corvid?
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The mysterious case of the vengeful crows
I do not know if this really happened or not but if it did… I guess it would make sense. We would remember 7 months later too…
Can crows wait for seven months to take their revenge on a human being… well here is one such case…
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Posted: March 24th, 2009 under American Crow, Calls, Common Crow, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, family, Family Recognition, Habitat, intelligence, Memory, Recognition.
Tags: Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows know, crows recognize you, crows remember faces, Memory, Recognition, vengeance, vengeful
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The Jungle Crow
The Jungle Crow also known as Corvus macrorhynchos, Indian Corby, Large-billed crow and the thick-billed crow. This is the bird I thought I’d focus on today. It is found all over Asia. Like most crows they are able to adapt to most any situation. There are three types of Jungle Crows: the Eastern Jungle Crow [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Corvus culminatus, Corvus japonensis, Corvus levaillantii, Corvus macrorhynchos, Eastern Jungle Crow, Eastern Large-billed crow, Indian corby, Indian Jungle Crow, Jungle Crow, Large-billed Crow, Thick-billed crow.
Tags: Asian crow, corvid, Corvidae, corvus, Corvus culminatus, Corvus japonensis, Corvus levaillantii, Corvus macrorhynchos, Crow, Eastern Jungle Crow, Eastern Large-billed crow, Indian corby, Indian Jungle Crow, Jungle Crow, Large-billed Crow, Thick-billed crow
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Common Ravens and Egg
Common Ravens and Egg
Originally uploaded by poecile05
This is the second raven baby/egg photograph and post. Thanks to the photographer, poecile05, for sharing this on flickr and allowing us to blog it.
If you read yesterday’s post, you know how much a baby raven can and must consume. I shared with you a small part of a [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2008 under Common Raven, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus Corax, eggs, feeding, Fledgling, Flickr, Mutes, Nestling, Nests, Northern Raven, Parental care, Photograph, Pictures, Raven.
Tags: baby raven, Common Raven, common raven baby, corvid, corvid diet, Corvidae, corvus, Corvus Corax, eggs, feeding, Fledgling, food, Mutes, Nestling, Nests, Raven, raven babies, raven baby, raven diet, raven eggs, raven food, raven life, raven mutes, raven nestlings, raven parental care, raven photographs, raven waste, ravens
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Corvus frugilegus (The Rook)
Communique
Originally uploaded by Mark Cummins
Another excellent photograph found on flickr. This one is by Mark Cummins. If you click on the photograph it will take you to the URL where it is originally posted.
I am not 100% certain what particular bird this is in the corvidae family. However, I think it might be a rook [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus Frugilegus, Flickr, Habitat, omnivorous, Photograph, Pictures, Range, Rook, story.
Tags: corvid, Corvidae, corvus, Corvus Frugilegus, Crow, Europe, Great Britain, Habitat, Rook, Rook diet, Rook habitat, Rook nesting, Rook poem, Rooks, story
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Beautiful Crows
I found this photo on flickr and simply had to share it on corvidcorner. I asked for permission and the photographer most graciously said I could! YAY! =)
Isn’t it amazing? Excellent shot.
Thanks to österreich Ungern or cartmann at flickr.
Posted: November 1st, 2008 under Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, Flickr, österreich Ungern, Photograph.
Tags: corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, Flickr, österreich Ungern, two crows
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