Corvidae

Dendrocitta formosae Photo by Cherry Wong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:grey treepie (en); pega-arbórea-cinzenta (pt); témia de Swinhoe (fr); urraca gris (es); graubrust-baumelster (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Corvidae Range:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from the Himalayas in northern India into central and eastern China and south to northern Thailand and Laos. Size:These birds are…

Corvus corax Photo by Frank Vassen (Wikipedia) Common name:common raven (en); corvo-comum (pt); grand corbeau (fr); cuervo común (es); kolkrabe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Europe, Asia and North America, with the exceptions of northern Greenland, northern Siberia, the south-eastern United States, south-east Asia and Japan. They are also found in…

Aphelocoma californica (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:western scrub-jay (en); gaio-da-Califórnia (pt); geai buissonnier (fr); chara californiana (es); Kalifornienhäher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeRange:This species is found in the western United States, from Oregon to Wyoming and south to southern California and Texas, and also in Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.Size:These birds are 27-31 cm long and…

Cyanocorax yncas Photo by Dorgelis Alcocer (Facebook) Common name:green jay (en); gaio-verde (pt); geai vert (fr); chara verde (es); grünhäher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeRange:This species is found in two separate population, one from southern Texas, in the United States, down to northern Honduras, and another from northern Venezuela and along the slopes of the Andes of…