chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
There seems to be a major split among people about corvids. Some ( the more intelligent ones such as myself ) think they are superb while others tend to consider them 'dross' at best. I was just thinking "How many corvids have I seen?" and I got quite a pleasant shock. Heres my list, to date, with possible 'splits' etc. left as subspecies :-
1 Crested Jay -
ardeasiacus Malay Pen., Thailand
nominate Java
coronatus Sumatra, Borneo
2 Black Magpie -
nominate Malay Pen., Sumatra
aterrimus Borneo
3 Pinyon Jay - California
4 Blue Jay - E. north America, Texas
5 Steller's Jay - Queen Charlotte Is. to California
6 Florida Jay - Florida
7 Scrub Jay - California
8 Woodhouse' Jay - Texas
9 Grey-breasted Jay - Texas
10 Black-collared Jay - Venezuela
11 Azure-hooded Jay - Costa Rica
12 Silver-throated Jay - Costa Rica
13 Violaceous Jay - Venezuela
14 Black-chested Jay - Costa Rica
15 Green Jay - Texas
16 Inca Jay - Venezuela
17 White-throated Magpie Jay - costa Rica
18 Brown Jay - Texas, Costa Rica
19 Eurasian Jay
( groups of taxa as per Madge and Burn )
nominate , Europe
cervicalis , Morocco
atricapillus , Turkey, Middle East
brandti , Tuva, Heilungjiang, Hokkaido
japonicus , Japan
bispecularis , Nepal, Taiwan
leucotis , Vietnam
20 Lidth's Jay - Amami-oshima
21 Siberian Jay - Sweden, Finland, Tuva
22 Grey Jay - Canada, California
23 Taiwan Magpie - Taiwan
24 Gold-billed Magpie - Nepal, Vietnam
25 Blue Magpie - N. India, Nepal, E China, SE Asia
26 White-winged Magpie - Vietnam
27 Green Magpie -
nominate , N India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
minor , Sumatra, Borneo
robinsoni , Malay Pen.
klossi , Vietnam
margaritae , Mt Langbian, Vietnam
28 Yellow-breasted Green Magpie - Vietnam
29 Short-tailed Green Magpie -
nominate , Java
jefferyi , Borneo
30 Azure-winged Magpie - Nthn China, Japan
31 Iberian Magpie - Spain
32 Rufous Treepie - N India, Thailand, Vietnam
33 Grey Treepie -
nominate + sinica , Taiwan, China
himalayensis + assimilis , Nepal, Thailand
34 Sumatran Treepie - Sumatra
35 Bornean Treepie - Borneo
36 Collared Treepie - Vietnam ( west of Mt. Fan Si Pan )
37 Raquet-tailed Treepie - SE Asia, Sumatra
38 Ratchet-tailed Treepie - Vietnam
39 Black-billed Magpie -
nominate , Europe
melanotus , Spain
mauritanica , Morocco
hemileucoptera , Tuva
sericea , Vietnam
40 Hudsonian Magpie - W Canada, California
41 Yellow-billed Magpie - California
42 Stresmann's Bush Crow - Ethiopia
43 Henderson's Ground Chough / Jay - Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China
44 Spotted Nutcracker - UK, Scandinavia, Tuva, Nthn China
45 Clark's Nutcracker - British Columbia, California
46 Yellow-billed Chough - Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Corsica, Turkey
Tuva, Himalayas
47 Red-billed Chough - Europe, Canary Is. Ethiopia, Turkey, Sayan Mts,
Khingan Shan
48 Piapiac - sub-Saharan Africa
49 Western Jackdaw - Europe, Turkey
50 Daurian Jackdaw - Sayan Mts, Nthn China, Japan
51 House Crow - Nepal, N India ( Middle East, SE Asia, E Africa as intro. )
52 Slender-billed Crow -
nominate , Java
compilator , Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
celebensis , Sulawesi
53 Violaceous Crow - Ceram
54 Piping Crow - Sulawesi
55 Long-billed Crow - Halmahera
56 Black Crow - E. Africa
57 Rook - Palearctic
58 North-western Crow - British Columbia
59 American Crow - North America
60 Tamaulipas Crow - Texas
61 Fish Crow - E. USA
62 Palm Crow - Dominican Republic, Cuba
63 Jamaican Crow - Jamaica
64 Cuban Crow - Cuba
65 White-necked Crow - Dominican Republic
66 W. Carrion Crow - W. Europe
67 E. Carrion ( Oriental Carrion )Crow - Asia
68 Hooded Crow - Ireland to Turkey
69 Large-billed Crow -
nominate , Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java
japonensis , Japan
connectens , Nthn Nansei Shoto
osai , Sthn Nansei Shoto
mandschuricus , Heilungjiang
colonorum , China, Taiwan, Vietnam
tibetosinensis , Nepal
intermedius , N India
70 Jungle Crow - Thailand, Nepal
71 Torresian Crow - E Australia, Halmahera
72 Little Crow - Victoria
73 Australian Raven - Victoria, Queensland
74 Little Raven - Victoria
75 Forest Raven - Victoria
76 Collared Crow - Hong Kong, Vietnam
77 Chihuahuan Raven - Texas
78 Pied Crow - sub-Saharan Africa
79 Dwarf Raven - Ethiopia
80 Brown-necked Raven - Cape Verde Is, Morocco, Middle East, UAE
81 Northern Raven - Holarctic
82 Fan-tailed Raven - Middle East, Ethiopia
83 White-necked Raven - Kenya, Uganda
84 Thick-billed Raven - Ethiopia
It was a bit of a shock when I finally counted them up, as I hadn't realised how many there were!
Chris
p.s. I was going to go for "How many Pipits...?" but I thought some people might get as confused as I do with the little bu**ers!
C
1 Crested Jay -
ardeasiacus Malay Pen., Thailand
nominate Java
coronatus Sumatra, Borneo
2 Black Magpie -
nominate Malay Pen., Sumatra
aterrimus Borneo
3 Pinyon Jay - California
4 Blue Jay - E. north America, Texas
5 Steller's Jay - Queen Charlotte Is. to California
6 Florida Jay - Florida
7 Scrub Jay - California
8 Woodhouse' Jay - Texas
9 Grey-breasted Jay - Texas
10 Black-collared Jay - Venezuela
11 Azure-hooded Jay - Costa Rica
12 Silver-throated Jay - Costa Rica
13 Violaceous Jay - Venezuela
14 Black-chested Jay - Costa Rica
15 Green Jay - Texas
16 Inca Jay - Venezuela
17 White-throated Magpie Jay - costa Rica
18 Brown Jay - Texas, Costa Rica
19 Eurasian Jay
( groups of taxa as per Madge and Burn )
nominate , Europe
cervicalis , Morocco
atricapillus , Turkey, Middle East
brandti , Tuva, Heilungjiang, Hokkaido
japonicus , Japan
bispecularis , Nepal, Taiwan
leucotis , Vietnam
20 Lidth's Jay - Amami-oshima
21 Siberian Jay - Sweden, Finland, Tuva
22 Grey Jay - Canada, California
23 Taiwan Magpie - Taiwan
24 Gold-billed Magpie - Nepal, Vietnam
25 Blue Magpie - N. India, Nepal, E China, SE Asia
26 White-winged Magpie - Vietnam
27 Green Magpie -
nominate , N India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
minor , Sumatra, Borneo
robinsoni , Malay Pen.
klossi , Vietnam
margaritae , Mt Langbian, Vietnam
28 Yellow-breasted Green Magpie - Vietnam
29 Short-tailed Green Magpie -
nominate , Java
jefferyi , Borneo
30 Azure-winged Magpie - Nthn China, Japan
31 Iberian Magpie - Spain
32 Rufous Treepie - N India, Thailand, Vietnam
33 Grey Treepie -
nominate + sinica , Taiwan, China
himalayensis + assimilis , Nepal, Thailand
34 Sumatran Treepie - Sumatra
35 Bornean Treepie - Borneo
36 Collared Treepie - Vietnam ( west of Mt. Fan Si Pan )
37 Raquet-tailed Treepie - SE Asia, Sumatra
38 Ratchet-tailed Treepie - Vietnam
39 Black-billed Magpie -
nominate , Europe
melanotus , Spain
mauritanica , Morocco
hemileucoptera , Tuva
sericea , Vietnam
40 Hudsonian Magpie - W Canada, California
41 Yellow-billed Magpie - California
42 Stresmann's Bush Crow - Ethiopia
43 Henderson's Ground Chough / Jay - Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China
44 Spotted Nutcracker - UK, Scandinavia, Tuva, Nthn China
45 Clark's Nutcracker - British Columbia, California
46 Yellow-billed Chough - Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Corsica, Turkey
Tuva, Himalayas
47 Red-billed Chough - Europe, Canary Is. Ethiopia, Turkey, Sayan Mts,
Khingan Shan
48 Piapiac - sub-Saharan Africa
49 Western Jackdaw - Europe, Turkey
50 Daurian Jackdaw - Sayan Mts, Nthn China, Japan
51 House Crow - Nepal, N India ( Middle East, SE Asia, E Africa as intro. )
52 Slender-billed Crow -
nominate , Java
compilator , Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
celebensis , Sulawesi
53 Violaceous Crow - Ceram
54 Piping Crow - Sulawesi
55 Long-billed Crow - Halmahera
56 Black Crow - E. Africa
57 Rook - Palearctic
58 North-western Crow - British Columbia
59 American Crow - North America
60 Tamaulipas Crow - Texas
61 Fish Crow - E. USA
62 Palm Crow - Dominican Republic, Cuba
63 Jamaican Crow - Jamaica
64 Cuban Crow - Cuba
65 White-necked Crow - Dominican Republic
66 W. Carrion Crow - W. Europe
67 E. Carrion ( Oriental Carrion )Crow - Asia
68 Hooded Crow - Ireland to Turkey
69 Large-billed Crow -
nominate , Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java
japonensis , Japan
connectens , Nthn Nansei Shoto
osai , Sthn Nansei Shoto
mandschuricus , Heilungjiang
colonorum , China, Taiwan, Vietnam
tibetosinensis , Nepal
intermedius , N India
70 Jungle Crow - Thailand, Nepal
71 Torresian Crow - E Australia, Halmahera
72 Little Crow - Victoria
73 Australian Raven - Victoria, Queensland
74 Little Raven - Victoria
75 Forest Raven - Victoria
76 Collared Crow - Hong Kong, Vietnam
77 Chihuahuan Raven - Texas
78 Pied Crow - sub-Saharan Africa
79 Dwarf Raven - Ethiopia
80 Brown-necked Raven - Cape Verde Is, Morocco, Middle East, UAE
81 Northern Raven - Holarctic
82 Fan-tailed Raven - Middle East, Ethiopia
83 White-necked Raven - Kenya, Uganda
84 Thick-billed Raven - Ethiopia
It was a bit of a shock when I finally counted them up, as I hadn't realised how many there were!
Chris
p.s. I was going to go for "How many Pipits...?" but I thought some people might get as confused as I do with the little bu**ers!
C
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