The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Corvids

Garrulus


Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

The range of this species extends throughout Eurasia, from Great Britain and Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west, through Europe, the Middle East and southern Russia to the Russian Far East, Sakhalin and Japan in the east, and south from here into central China.

Twenty-seven subspecies recognised:

G. g. hibernicus
G. g. rufitergum - photo by @ro6ca66



G. g. glandarius - photo by @vogelcommando



G. g. fasciatus
G. g. corsicanus
G. g. ichnusae
G. g. albipectus
G. g. graecus
G. g. ferdinandi
G. g. cretorum
G. g. glaszneri
G. g. whitakeri
G. g. minor
G. g. cervicalis
G. g. samios
G. g. anatoliae - photo by @Jordan-Jaguar97



G. g. iphigenia
G. g. krynicki
G. g. atricapillus - photo by @alexkant



G. g. hyrcanus - photo by @fofo



G. g. brandtii - photo by @alexkant



G. g. kansuensis
G. g. pekingensis
G. g. japonicus
G. g. tokugawae
G. g. hiugaensis
G. g. orii


Plain-crowned Jay (Garrulus bispecularis)

The range of this species extends throughout south Asia, from northern Pakistan in the west, through the Himalayas, northern Myanmar and south-central China to eastern China and Taiwan in the east.

Six subspecies recognised:

G. b. bispecularis
G. b. interstinctus
G. b. sinensis - photo by @Deer Forest



G. b. oatesi
G. b. haringtoni
G. b. taivanus


White-faced Jay (Garrulus leucotis)

The range of this species extends from central Myanmar and southern China to central and eastern Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Hix




Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus)

The range of this species extends from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan into the western and central Himalayas as far as Kathmandu.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Amami Jay (Garrulus lidthi)

Endemic to Amami-Oshima in the Amami archipelago of Japan.

Photo by @devilfish


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Zavattariornis


Ethiopian Bushcrow (Zavattariornis stresemanni)

Endemic to south-central Ethiopia, within the area defined by the towns of Yabelo, Mega, and Arero in Sidamo Province.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Ptilostomus


Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer)

The range of this species extends from Senegal south to Sierra Leone on the west coast, through west and central Africa in a wide band skirting the northern reaches of the Congo Basin, extending to Sudan in the east, and south from here into South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.

Monotypic.

Photo by @TeaLovingDave

 

Podoces


Mongolian Ground-jay (Podoces hendersoni)

The range of this species extends from north and north-west China into western Mongolia and adjacent south-central Russia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Xinjiang Ground-jay (Podoces biddulphi)

Endemic to the Taklamakan Desert of north-west China.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Turkestan Ground-jay (Podoces panderi)

The range of this species extends from north-central Turkmenistan, through northern and central Uzbekistan into adjacent southwest Kazakhstan; a disjunct population exists in eastern Kazakhstan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Iranian Ground-jay (Podoces pleskei)

Endemic to east-central Iran.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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I've seen quite a few of the species (and some subspecies) which lack photos so far - I'll have to look and see if any of my shots are worth uploading though.

 

This photo is actually the common Red-billed Blue Magpie. The signage for this aviary at the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park has them labelled as (and shows a picture of) Formosan Blue Magpies, but that species has very obvious white/yellow eyes.

The whitish crown of the Red-billed Blue Magpie isn't visible on this bird (or at least not in this particular photo, probably because the head is turned) but it doesn't always show. See, for example, my photo below at Vinpearl Safari where the white nape is almost unnoticeable:

 

Excellent - you might as well upload any shots you have, as worst comes to worst we can always delete them again.

Interesting fortunately there is another shot in the gallery (taken at Taipei) which does depict the species.

Unfortunately it is not great - but it will suffice until someone else uploads a photograph.

 

If you can get a photograph that would be more than welcome even if we have a photograph by then, a second one would be v.much good to have given how unusual the species is.

 

Pica


Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Eurasia, from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west, throughout Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia into Siberia and the Russian Far East in the east, and south from here into the Korean peninsula, central and eastern China and northern Indochina.

Nine subspecies recognised:

P. p. fennorum
P. p. pica - photo by @ro6ca66



P. p. melanotos - photo by @ThylacineAlive



P. p. bactriana
P. p. leucoptera
P. p. camtschatica
P. p. anderssoni
P. p. bottanensis
P. p. serica - photo by @Deer Forest




Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)

The range of this species extends across North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Asir Magpie (Pica asirensis)

Endemic to the Asir Massif of southwest Saudia Arabia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

The range of this species extends throughout northern and central North America, from Alaska in the northwest, throughout Canada as far east as southwest Ontario, and as far south from here as Nebraska and east-central California.

Monotypic.

Photo by @AnimalWondersKC




Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nutalli)

Endemic to California west of the Sierra Nevada in the southwest USA.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Great Argus


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Nucifraga


Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)

The range of this species extends through western North America from southwest Canada, south through the Cascades and Rocky Mountains to Arizona annd New Mexico, and patchily to the west coast throughout isolated mountain ranges; a disjunct population exists on Cerro Potosí in northeast Mexico.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Cheny




Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout western and central Europe from Fennoscandia south to the Alps, and east from here throughout Eastern Europe, Siberia and Central Asia to the Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula and Japan.

Four subspecies recognised:

N. c. caryocatactes - photo by @TeaLovingDave



N. c. macrorhynchos - photo by @Vision



N. c. japonica
N. c. rothschildi


Southern Nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas and east Asia, from northeast India in the west through Nepal and Bhutan to northern Myanmar, south-central China and east China; a disjunct population exists on Taiwan.

Four subspecies recognised:

N. h. hemispila
N. h. macella
N. h. interdicta
N. h. owstoni

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Large-spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)

The range of this species extends throughout the Kashmir region, from eastern Afghanistan to northwest India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Corvus


Daurian Jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)

The range of this species extends from southeast Russia, through Mongolia, north-east and central China and the Korean Peninsula, as far south as southeast China and south Japan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant




Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

The range of this species extends throughout Europe and Central Asia, from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west, through the Middle East and Caucasus, to south-central Siberia, western Mongolia and northwest China in the east.

Four subspecies recognised:

C. m. monedula - photo by @alexkant



C. m. spermologus - photo by @Vision



C. m. cirtensis
C. m. soemmerringii - photo by @alexkant




Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)

Endemic to Cuba.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis)

Endemic to Jamaica.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)

Endemic to Hispaniola.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)

The range of this species comprises a pair of highly disjunct populations; from eastern South Sudan throughout Eritrea, Ethiopia and northern Somali to west-central Kenya and northern Tanzania; and from central Angola through Namibia and Zambia to South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. kordofanensis - photo by @Maguari



C. c. capensis


Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Atlantic coastline of the USA, from Maine south to Florida and west from here to east Texas, and following the Mississippi and major tributaries north into Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Ituri




Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae)

Endemic to northwest Mexico along the Pacific coastline from southern Sonora to southwest Nayarit.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus)

The range of this species is restricted to a small stretch of the Mexican Gulf coastline of North America, from extreme southeast USA south through northeast Mexico as far south as northern Veracruz.

Monotypic.

Photo by @d1am0ndback




Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum)

The range of this species is restricted to two disjunct populations in central Cuba and Hispaniola respectively.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. p. minutus
C. p. palmarum

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

The range of this species extends throughout Eurasia, from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west, through Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia and Siberia, to the Russian Far East, northeast China and Korean Peninsula in the east. An introduced population exists in New Zealand.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. f. frugilegus - photo by @Cassidy Casuar



C. f. pastinator

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Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris)

Endemic to the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern and southern Africa, from Uganda and Kenya to South Africa and Lesotho.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Hix




Common Raven (Corvus corax)

The range of this species represents a widespread Holarctic distribution throughout North America and Eurasia, absent only from the central and southeast USA, Arabian Peninsula and south Asia; patchy distribution in western Europe, northeast USA and British Isles.

Twelve subspecies recognised:

C. c. principalis - photo by @Pleistohorse



C. c. sinuatus - photo by @Great Argus



C. c. clarionensis - photo by @Great Argus



C. c. varius
C. c. corax - photo by @vogelcommando



C. c. kamtschaticus
C. c. hispanus - photo by @Merintia



C. c. laurencei
C. c. tibetanus
C. c. canariensis
C. c. jordansi
C. c. tingitanus - photo by @Zoo Tycooner FR




Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)

The range of this species extends from the central USA, through the southwest USA into northern and eastern Mexico as far south as Tamaulipas.

Photo by @Arizona Docent



Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)

The range of this species extends throughout the desert regions of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, from Morocco and Algeria in the west, through Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in the east.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant




Somali Crow (Corvus edithae)

The range of this species is restricted to northeast Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia through Somalia to northern Kenya.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




Pied Crow (Corvus albus)

The range of this species extends throughout almost the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, absent only from the Horn of Africa and the Kalahari Basin.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66




Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)

The range of this species extends throughout northern and eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in a highly broken and patchy distribution, from as far south as Kenya and Uganda to as far north as eastern Israel and western Jordan, and as far west as Chad and the Central African Republic to as far east as western Oman.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. r. stanleyi
C. r. rhipidurus - photo by @Maguari




American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

The range of this species extends throughout the USA and southern Canada, from as far north as the southwest Northwest Territories and Newfoundland to as far south as the extreme northwest of Baja California.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. b. brachyrhynchos - photo by @Ituri



C. b. hesperis - photo by @Great Argus



C. b. pascuus


Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus)

The range of this species extends along the Pacific coastline of northwest North America, from Kodiak Island in the north to northwest Washington in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Pleistohorse


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Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

The range of this species extends throughout Eurasia, from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west, through Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia and Siberia, to the Russian Far East, Japan and Korean Peninsula in the east.

Six subspecies recognised:

C. c. corone - photo by @TeaLovingDave



C. c. cornix - photo by @TeaLovingDave



C. c. sharpii - photo by @Bele



C. c. pallescens - photo by @vogelcommando



C. c. capellanus
C. c. orientalis - photo by @Terry Thomas




Collared Crow (Corvus pectoralis)

The range of this species extends throughout the lowlands of central, eastern and southern China and adjacent northern Vietnam.

Monotypic.

Photo by @aardvark250




Flores Crow (Corvus florensis)

Endemic to western Flores.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)

Endemic to central and southern Sulawesi, and adjacent smaller islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor)

Endemic to the Banggai Islands - possibly extant only on Peleng.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from southernmost Peninsular Malaysia into the Greater and Lesser Sundas, and north into the Philippines.

Seven subspecies recognised:

C. e. compilator
C. e. enca
C. e. celebensis
C. e. mangoli
C. e. sierramadrensis
C. e. pusillus
C. e. samarensis

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Violet Crow (Corvus violaceus)

Endemic to Seram and Ambon in the southern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Long-billed Crow (Corvus validus)

Endemic to the northern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)

Endemic to New Caledonia.

Photo by @gentle lemur




Bougainville Crow (Corvus meeki)

Endemic to Buka, Bougainville, and Shortland Islands in the northern Solomons.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi)

Endemic to Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Guadalcanal in the central and south-east Solomons.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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That would be more than welcome

 

Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus)

The range of this species is restricted to the West Papuan Islands, Aru Islands and the coastal northwest of New Guinea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey Crow (Corvus tristis)

Endemic to New Guinea.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis)

Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

The range of this species extends throughout the Moluccas and New Guinea, and south into west and northern Australia.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. o. orru
C. o. latirostris
C. o. cecilae - photo by @WhistlingKite24




Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)

The range of this species extends throughout western and central Australia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Nick@Amsterdam




Little Raven (Corvus mellori)

The range of this species is restricted to southeast Australia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Dannelboyz




Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)

The range of this species is restricted to a pair of disjunct populations in Australia; in northeast New South Wales; and on the extreme southeast coastline of Australia and into Tasmania.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. t. boreus
C. t. tasmanicus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)

The range of this species extends across southwest Australia into the southeast, and north from here across much of eastern Australia into the lower reaches of the Cape York Peninsula.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. perplexus - photo by @Nick@Amsterdam



C. c. coronoides - photo by @Terry Thomas




House Crow (Corvus splendens)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Indian Subcontinent, from southeast Iran through Pakistan, peninsular India and Nepal into Myanmar and southern China; introduced populations present worldwide.

C. s. zugmayeri
C. s. splendens
C. s. protegatus - photo by @ralph



C. s. insolens


Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

The range of this species extends from the Himalayan foothills of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the west, throughout the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, and into Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and southeast China; north from here the species extends into northeast China, the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Japan; south from here the species extends patchily throughout much of the Sundas and Philippines.

Eleven subspecies recognised:

C. m. intermedius - photo by @J I N X



C. m. tibetosinensis
C. m. colonorum - photo by @Maguari



C. m. mandshuricus - photo by @bongowwf



C. m. japonensis
C. m. connectens
C. m. osai
C. m. culminatus - photo by @ralph



C. m. levaillantii - photo by @Jackwow



C. m. macrorhynchos
C. m. philippinus - photo by @alexkant




Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi)

Endemic to Rota, in the Northern Marianas; extirpated from Guam.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis)

Formerly endemic to Hawaii; extinct in the wild with reintroduction programmes underway.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant


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Cyanolyca


White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution through Guerrero and Oaxaca in southwest Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout the mountains of southern Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo)

The range of this species extends through the mountains of Central America, from southeast Mexico in the west, through Honduras and Guatemala, to northwest Nicaragua in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Silvery-throated Jay (Cyanolyca argentigula)

The range of this species is restricted to central and southern Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. a. albior
C. a. argentigula

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra)

The range of this species is restricted to the Pacific slope of the Andes, from central Colombia to northwest Ecuador.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)

The range of this species extends throughout Central America, from San Luis Potosi in eastern Mexico, south as far as the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama.

Four subspecies recognised:

C. c. mitrata
C. c. guatemalae
C. c. hondurensis
C. c. cucullata

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Quindio Jay (Cyanolyca quindiuna)

The range of this species is restricted to the Pacific slope of the Andes in central and southern Colombia, and adjacent northernmost Ecuador.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-collared Jay (Cyanolyca armillata)

The range of this species is restricted to the northeast reaches of the Andes, from western Venezuela to central Colombia.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. a. meridana
C. a. armillata

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.


Turquoise Jay (Cyanolyca turcosa)

The range of this species extends through the Andes from southern Colombia, through Ecuador, to northwest Peru.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ronnienl




White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes of Peru, and into northwest Bolivia.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. v. jolyaea
C. v. cyanolaema
C. v. viridicyanus

No photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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Gymnorhinus


Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)

The range of this species extends throughout western and central USA and northwest Mexico, from central Oregon in the north to the extreme northwest Baja California, and east as far as Montana and New Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon exist in the Zoochat gallery.
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