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Corvidae Family

By: David Torres

The Corvidae family, also known as the crow family, consists of jays, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, choughs and of course ravens and crows. They are a very diverse family of birds that are known to be adaptive and have expanded to almost every habitat on earth.

Birds of the crow family are not all migratory birds, instead, many species are year round residents in certain geographic locations. Corvids are omnivorous, eating from many sources. Being so smart and omnivorous allows them to expand their geographical range, perhaps more than any other family of birds.

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