[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Pica pica | [UK] Magpie | [FR] Pie bavarde | [DE] Elster | [ES] Urraca de Pico Negro | [NL] Ekster Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Magpie is a black and white bird, with long tail. Adult has black […]

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Pica nuttalli | [UK] Yellow-billed Magpie | [FR] Pie a bec jaune | [DE] Gelbschnabel-Elster | [ES] Urraca | [NL] Geelsnavelekster Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Zavattariornis nuttalli Pica nuttalli NA California Physical charateristics Similar to the Black-billed Magpie, but the […]

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Corvus ossifragus | [UK] Fish Crow | [FR] Corneille de rivage | [DE] Fischkrahe | [ES] Cuervo pescador | [NL] Viskraai Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Listen for this smallish crow near tidewater. Identify it by voice, not size; measurements of the American and Fish crows broadly overlap. […]

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Cyanocorax luxuosus | [UK] Green Jay | [FR] Geai vert | [DE] Grunhaher | [ES] Picahayote | [NL] Inkagaai Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Cyanocorax luxuosus MA s Texas to Honduras Cyanocorax luxuosus centralis Cyanocorax luxuosus confusus Cyanocorax luxuosus cozumelae Cyanocorax […]

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Perisoreus infaustus | [UK] Siberian Jay | [FR] Mesangeai imitateur | [DE] Ungluckshaher | [ES] | [NL] Taiga-gaai Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Perisoreus infaustus EU n Perisoreus infaustus infaustus Perisoreus infaustus maritimus Perisoreus infaustus opicus Perisoreus infaustus ostjakorum Perisoreus infaustus […]

Passeriformes Corvidae Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) [order] Passeriformes | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Cyanopica cyanus | [UK] Azure-Winged Magpie | [FR] Pie-bleue | [DE] Blauelster | [ES] Rabilargo | [IT] Gazza azzurra | [NL] Blauwe Ekster Physical charateristics About 75% size of Magpie. Small, elegant corvid with rather attenuated form ending in long tail shaped […]

Passeriformes Corvidae Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) [order] Passeriformes | [family] Corvidae | [latin] Pyrrhocorax graculus | [UK] Alpine Chough | [FR] Chocard à bec jaune | [DE] Alpendohle | [ES] Chova piqigualda | [IT] Gracchio | [NL] Alpenkauw Physical charateristics Medium-sized, rather small-headed, graceful crow. Black, with relatively small, short, decurved yellow bill and red […]

Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) Science Article 1 abstract We present criteria for sexing and aging non-breeding Choughs( Pyrrhocorax py rrhocorax) based on nine years of capture-recapture data. Shape of the rectrices, intensity of plumage colour and iridescent brightness , and the contrast between old flight feathers and freshly molted ones allowed us to distinguish three age […]

Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) Science Article 1 abstract We present criteria for sexing and aging non-breeding Choughs( Pyrrhocorax py rrhocorax) based on nine years of capture-recapture data. Shape of the rectrices, intensity of plumage colour and iridescent brightness , and the contrast between old flight feathers and freshly molted ones allowed us to distinguish three age […]