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Corvidae
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Noun1.Corvidae - crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
family Corvidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae - subfamily of the crow family: jays
genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga - nutcrackers
genus Pica, Pica - magpies
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Esther Woolfson, author of Corvus: A Life with Birds, will talk about what it's like to live with a family of corvids (that's crows, ravens, jackdaws and the like) while Gillian Darley and Madeleine Bunting will talk about landscapes and the imagination.
Making sure you keep up to date with all the book events by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Brain evolution, and thus the emergence of a tool-using capacity, probably proceeded independently in corvids and nonhuman primates, Gray notes.
Crows use sticks, stones to show skills at manipulating tools in lab: ... by Bower, Bruce / Science News
com Esther Woolfson has long been fascinated with corvids, the bird family including crows, rooks, magpies and ravens.
Corvus: A Life With Birds by California Bookwatch
 
 
 
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