#treepies

A rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) sits between the antlers of a chital (Axis axis) in Pench National Park, India

Hello tis I, the bird nerd, here to yap about birds.

Everyone knows corvids: we’ve got crows, ravens, magpies, jays, rooks, and jackdaws. I wanna share some underappreciated corvids and some corvid facts!

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Treepies

Treepies (Crypsirininae) are a subfamily of the Corvidae family who can be found within parts of Southern Asia. A total of twelve species of treepie are known: the collared treepie, grey treepies, rufous treepies, white bellied treepies, racket tailed treepies, bornean treepies, andaman treepies, hooded treepies, sumatran treepie, ratchet (not racket) tailed treepies, malayan and bornean black magpies, (are actually treepies!). Treepies share many similarities with magpies, such as general shape and intelligence.

Choughs

Choughs (Pyrrhocorax) are another lesser known subgroup of corvids. Some species of chough include the red-billed chough, and alpine choughs. White winged choughs do not belong to ghe Pyrrhocorax group, rather another, non-corvid group known as Corcoracidae.

Hooded Crows

I really just wanted to include my favorite kind of crow. The hooded crow can be found throughout Europe and Asia. They share similar coloration with jackdaws, but have a larger body and longer bill. Hooded crows are known by many nicknames: hoodies, scald crow, or grey crow.

Magpie-Jays

Magpie-jays (Calocitta) are a specific kind of jay that can be found in southern parts of North America, (usually Mexico). The two known species of magpie-jays are black-throated magpie-jays and white-throated magpie-jays

Lidth’s/Amami Jays

Native to only Japan, the lidth’s jay is a member of the genus Garrulus, old world jays, which includes two other jays: Eurasian jays and black-headed jays.

Thick-billed Ravens

This guys look so silly, so I had to include them. Thick-billed ravens share similarities with the white necked raven, but can be distinguished by the placement of their white marking, as it it found on the back of their head rather than neck. They are found within the Horn of Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

A Few Fancy Feathers for Feathursday

Here are some fancy-feathered fellows from volume two of the second edition, newly revised by Richard Schmidtlein, of Brehms Thierleben published in Leipzig and Vienna by Bibliographisches Institut in 1900. The chromolithograph of the Birds of Paradise is the only color image in this volume and serves as the frontispiece. The wood engravings were made from illustrations by naturalist artists Robert Kretschmer, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Gustav Mützel, and Friedrich Specht, From top to bottom we have:

Birds of Paradise:     Greater Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea apoda)     Six-Plummed Bird-of-Paradise (Genus Parotia)     King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) Red Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) Crowned Cranes (Genus Balearica) Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

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