Corvidae
Includes hardy and intelligent members such as crows, ravens, rooks, magpies etc, a collection of species that have thrived in perhaps every part of the world except in the polar ice caps. Did you know that some of these birds boast of a brain-to-body mass ratio to match that of the apes.
17 unique species photographed in this family
Steller's Jay
House Crow
House Crow flying over the mangroves in Mumbai.
Red-billed Chough
Pied Crow
Racket-tailed Treepie
Large-billed Crow
White-bellied Treepie
White-bellied Treepie near Thattekad reserve.
Spotted or Eurasian Nutcracker
White-necked Raven
American Crow
Yellow-billed Chough
Choughs are the scavengers of the high mountains
Yellow-billed blue, or gold-billed Magpie (Juvenile)
Eurasian Jay
This Eurasian Jay revealed itself when it was calling noisily to its mate from the foliage.
Jungle Crow
Common Magpie
Common Green Magpie
We had stopped to view some elephants on the way out of the park, and this Common Green Magpie was sitting camouflaged in the foliage fairly close to us. Only when it dropped it's guard and preened the feathers on its bright red wings was I able to spot it.
