List of corvids

The following is a list of species of crows, ravens, magpie, treepies and nutcrackers within the family Corvidae. The list follows Taxonomy in Flux, the genera are arranged based on Ericson et al. (2005), Jønsson et al. (2016), and, for the New World jays, Bonaccorso and Peterson (2007); subfamilies are based on Jønsson et al., and estimates these clades are all 17-20 million years old.

Crested Jay is now considered a shrike.

Genus Pyrrhocorax

 * Alpine Chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus
 * Red-billed Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Genus Temnurus

 * Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Temnurus temnurus

Genus Crypsirina

 * Hooded Treepie, Crypsirina cucullata
 * Black Racket-tailed Treepie, Crypsirina temia

Genus Platysmurus

 * Black Magpie, Platysmurus leucopterus

Genus Dendrocitta

 * Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda
 * Sumatran Treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
 * Bornean Treepie, Dendrocitta cinerascens
 * Grey Treepie, Dendrocitta formosae
 * White-bellied Treepie, Dendrocitta leucogastra
 * Collared Treepie, Dendrocitta frontalis
 * Andaman Treepie, Dendrocitta bayleyi

Genus Cissa

 * Common Green-Magpie, Cissa chinensis
 * Indochinese Green-Magpie, Cissa hypoleuca
 * Bornean Green-Magpie, Cissa jefferyi
 * Javan Green-Magpie, Cissa thalassina

Genus Urocissa

 * Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie, Urocissa ornata
 * Taiwan Blue-Magpie, Urocissa caerulea
 * Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha
 * Yellow-billed Blue-Magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
 * White-winged Magpie, Urocissa whiteheadi

Genus Cyanopica

 * Azure-winged Magpie, Cyanopica cyana
 * Iberian Magpie, Cyanopica cooki

Genus Perisoreus

 * Siberian Jay, Perisoreus infaustus
 * Sichuan Jay, Perisoreus internigrans
 * Grey Jay, Perisoreus canadensis

Genus Cyanolyca

 * White-throated Jay, Cyanolyca mirabilis
 * Dwarf Jay, Cyanolyca nana
 * Black-throated Jay, Cyanolyca pumilo
 * Silvery-throated Jay, Cyanolyca argentigula
 * Azure-hooded Jay, Cyanolyca cucullata
 * Beautiful Jay, Cyanolyca pulchra
 * Black-collared Jay, Cyanolyca armillata
 * Turquoise Jay, Cyanolyca turcosa
 * White-collared Jay, Cyanolyca viridicyana

Genus Gymnorhinus

 * Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Genus Cyanocitta

 * Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
 * Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata

Genus Aphelocoma

 * Unicoloured Jay, Aphelocoma unicolor
 * Transvolcanic Jay, Aphelocoma ultramarina
 * Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma wollweberi
 * Florida Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens
 * Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma woodhouseii
 * California Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica
 * Island Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma insularis

Genus Calocitta

 * Black-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta colliei
 * White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa

Genus Psilorhinus

 * Brown Jay, Psilorhinus morio
 * Azure Jay, Psilorhinus caeruleus
 * Violaceous Jay, Psilorhinus violaceus
 * Purplish Jay, Psilorhinus cyanomelas
 * Curl-crested Jay, Psilorhinus cristatellus

Genus Cyanocorax

 * Green Jay, Cyanocorax luxuosos
 * Inca Jay, Cyanocorax ynca
 * White-tailed Jay, Cyanocorax mystacalis
 * Bushy-crested Jay, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
 * Yucatan Jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus
 * San Blas Jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus
 * Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii
 * Tufted Jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi
 * Black-chested Jay, Cyanocorax affinis
 * Azure-naped Jay, Cyanocorax heilprini
 * Cayenne Jay, Cyanocorax cayanus
 * Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops
 * White-naped Jay, Cyanocorax cyanopogon

Genus Zavattariornis

 * Stresemann's Bush Crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni

Genus Ptilostomus

 * Piapiac, Ptilostomus afer

Genus Podoces

 * Henderson's Ground Jay, Podoces hendersoni
 * Biddulph's Ground Jay, Podoces biddulphi
 * Grey Ground Jay, Podoces panderi
 * Persian Ground Jay, Podoces pleskei

Genus Garrulus

 * Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius
 * Lanceolated Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
 * Lidth's Jay, Garrulus lidthi

Genus Pica

 * Maghreb Magpie, Pica mauritanica
 * Asir Magpie, Pica asirensis
 * Himalayan Magpie, Pica bottanensis
 * Oriental Magpie, Pica sericea
 * Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica
 * Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
 * Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli

Genus Nucifraga

 * Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana
 * Spotted Nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
 * Large-spotted Nutcracker, Nucifraga multipunctata

Clade I
Kryukov and Suzuki (2000) and Haring et al. (2007a) found that the jackdaws were rather distant from the other Corvus species. They are split from Corvus into Coloeus, as recommended by Rasmussen and Anderton (2005).


 * Eurasian Jackdaw / Western Jackdaw, Coloeus monedula
 * Daurian Jackdaw, Coloeus dauuricus

Clade II

 * Cuban Crow, Corvus nasicus
 * White-necked Crow, Corvus leucognaphalus
 * Jamaican Crow, Corvus jamaicensis

Clade III
The Cuban and Hispaniolan races of the Palm Crow have been split for about 1 million years, IOC considers them separate species, while the AOU considers them subspecies.


 * Palm Crow, Corvus palmarum
 * Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus
 * Sinaloa Crow, Corvus sinaloae
 * Tamaulipas Crow, Corvus imparatus


 * Cape Crow, Corvus capensis (in between)

Clade IV
The eastern and western Rooks could be considered separate species, Haring, et al. found this, but more sampling is needed, and whether there is a third rook species.


 * Rook, Corvus frugilegus
 * Hawaiian Crow, Corvus hawaiiensis

Clade V
The Chihuahuan Raven and possibly the Pied Crow, are imbedded in the Common Raven complex. The Chihuahuan Raven seems more closely related to the Common Ravens of California than either is to the other Common Ravens (Feldman and Omland, 2004; Omland, 2000, 2006).


 * Thick-billed Raven, Corvus crassirostris
 * White-necked Raven, Corvus albicollis
 * Common Raven / Northern Raven, Corvus corax
 * Chihuahuan Raven, Corvus cryptoleucus
 * Fan-tailed Raven, Corvus rhipidurus
 * Brown-necked Raven, Corvus ruficollis
 * Pied Crow, Corvus albus
 * Somali Crow, Corvus edithae

Clade VI
The Carrion and Hooded Crows are closely related and it is unclear as if they represent separate species. Haring et al. (2012) found that some of the eastern individuals were grouped with the Collared Crow, C. torquatus (sometimes called pectoralis).


 * American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
 * Northwestern Crow, Corvus caurinus
 * Collared Crow, Corvus torquatus
 * Carrion Crow, Corvus corone
 * Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix

Clade VII

 * Flores Crow, Corvus florensis (in between)

The Large-billed Crow complex is long been controversial, see Dickinson, et al. (2004).


 * House Crow, Corvus splendens
 * Mariana Crow, Corvus kubaryi
 * Large-billed Crow, Corvus macrorhynchos
 * Indian Jungle-Crow, Corvus culminatus
 * Eastern Jungle-Crow, Corvus levaillantii

Clade VIII

 * Slender-billed Crow, Corvus enca
 * Piping Crow, Corvus typicus
 * Banggai Crow, Corvus unicolor
 * Long-billed Crow, Corvus validus
 * New Caledonian Crow, Corvus moneduloides
 * Bougainville Crow, Corvus meeki
 * White-billed Crow, Corvus woodfordi
 * Violet Crow, Corvus violaceus
 * Brown-headed Crow, Corvus fuscicapillus
 * Grey Crow, Corvus tristis
 * Little Crow, Corvus bennetti
 * Bismarck Crow, Corvus insularis
 * Torresian Crow, Corvus orru
 * Australian Raven, Corvus coronoides
 * Little Raven, Corvus mellori
 * Forest Raven, Corvus tasmanicus