Jays, Crows & Ravens - Corvidés

Corvids is a family of birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In common English, they are known as the crow family. Currently 133 species are included in this family.

Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size and are among the most intelligent birds thus far studied. Specifically, members of the family have demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests and tool-making ability, skills which until recently were thought to be possessed only by humans and a few other higher mammals. Their total brain-to-body mass ratio is equal to that of non-human great apes and cetaceans, and only slightly lower than that of humans.

Corvids are found worldwide. Nine species have been recorded in Ontario, 5 in Niagara.

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A group of Crows is called a "murder", a group of Blue Jays is often referred to as a “party” or a “band” and a group of Ravens is an "unkindness"