A Provisional World List of the Corvidae
Corvidae (crow family) is a family of oscine passerine birds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies,choughs, and nutcrackers.
They are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 135 species are included in this family.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | No. Subspecies | Distribution |
| Crested Shrike-Jay | Platylophus galericulatus | 3 | S.E.Asia |
| White-winged Magpie | Platysmurus leucopterus | 2 | S.E.Asia |
| Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | 0 | Mexico |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | 4 | USA |
| Steller’s Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | 13 | USA, Cental America |
| Santa Cruz Jay | Aphelocoma insularis | 0 | Santa Cruz Is. |
| Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma californica | 15 | USA, Mexico |
| Florida Jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens | 0 | Florida USA |
| Mexican Jay | Aphelocoma ultramarina | 7 | Mexico |
| Unicolored Jay | Aphelocoma unicolor | 5 | Mexico, Honduras |
| Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata | 3 | Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia |
| Turquoise Jay | Cyanolyca turcosa | 0 | Colombia, Peru |
| White-collared Jay | Cyanolyca viridicyana | 3 | Peru, Bolivia |
| Azure-hooded Jay | Cyanolyca cucullata | 4 | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Beautiful Jay | Cyanolyca pulchra | 0 | Central America |
| Black-throated Jay | Cyanolyca pumilo | 0 | Mexico, Honduras |
| Dwarf Jay | Cyanolyca nana | 0 | Mexico |
| White-throated Jay | Cyanolyca mirabilis | 0 | Mexico |
| Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | 2 | Costa Rica |
| Bushy-crested Jay | Cyanocorax melanocyaneus | 2 | Central America |
| San Blas Jay | Cyanocorax sanblasianus | 2 | Mexico |
| Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus | 2 | Mexico, Guatemala |
| Purplish-backed Jay | Cyanocorax beecheii | 0 | Mexico |
| Purplish Jay | Cyanocorax cyanomelas | 0 | Peru, Argentia |
| Azure Jay | Cyanocorax caeruleus | 0 | Brazil, Argentina |
| Violaceous Jay | Cyanocorax violaceus | 2 | N. South America |
| Curl-crested Jay | Cyanocorax cristatellus | 0 | Brazil |
| Azure-naped Jay | Cyanocorax heilprini | 0 | Brazil, Venezuela |
| Cayenne Jay | Cyanocorax cayanus | 0 | Brazil, Venezuela |
| Black-chested Jay | Cyanocorax affinis | 2 | Central America |
| Tufted Jay | Cyanocorax dickeyi | 0 | Mexico |
| Plush-crested Jay | Cyanocorax chrysops | 3 | Brazil, Argentina |
| White-naped Jay | Cyanocorax cyanopogon | 0 | Brazil |
| White-tailed Jay | Cyanocorax mystacalis | 0 | Ecuador, Peru |
| Green Jay | Cyanocorax yncas | 13 | C. and S. America |
| Brown Jay | Psilorhinus morio | 5 | Central America |
| Black-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta colliei | 0 | Mexico |
| White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | 3 | C. America |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | 36 | Europe to Japan |
| Black-headed Jay | Garrulus lanceolatus | 0 | N. India, Himalayas |
| Lidth’s Jay | Garrulus lidthi | 0 | Riukiu Is. Japan |
| Siberian Jay | Perisoreus infaustus | 10 | Lapland to Mongolia |
| Sichuan Jay | Perisoreus internigrans | 0 | W. China |
| Grey Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | 9 | Alaska, Canada |
| Ceylon Magpie | Urocissa ornata | 0 | Sri Lanka |
| Formosan Magpie | Urocissa caerulea | 0 | Taiwan |
| Gold-billed Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | 4 | Himalayas to N. Vietnam |
| Blue Magpie | Urocissa erythrorhyncha | 5 | Assam, China |
| White-winged Magpie | Urocissa whiteheadi | 2 | Laos, Vietnam |
| Green Magpie | Cissa chinensis | 5 | Himalayas to Borneo |
| Yellow-breasted Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | 5 | China, Vietnam |
| Short-tailed Magpie | Cissa thalassina | 2 | Java, Borneo |
| Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyana | 9 | Spain, C. Asia to Japan |
| Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | 8 | India to Thailand |
| Grey Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae | 8 | India, Himalayas, S.E China |
| Sunda Treepie | Dendrocitta occipitalis | 2 | Indonesia |
| White-bellied Treepie | Dendrocitta leucogastra | 0 | S. India |
| Collared Treepie | Dendrocitta frontalis | 0 | Himalayas to N. Vietnam |
| Andaman Treepie | Dendrocitta bayleyi | 0 | Andaman Is. |
| Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | 0 | S.E.Asia |
| Hooded Treepie | Crypsirina cucullata | 0 | Burma |
| Ratchet-tailed Treepie | Temnurus temnurus | 0 | Vietnam |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica pica | 13 | Europe and N.W. Africa to Japan and N.W. Canada |
| Yellow-billed Magpie | Pica nuttalli | 0 | California-USA |
| Stresemann’s Bush-Crow | Zavattariornis stresemanni | 0 | Ethiopia |
| Mongolian Ground-Jay | Podoces hendersoni | 0 | C. Asia, W. China |
| Xinjiang Ground-Jay | Podoces biddulphi | 0 | Sinkiang |
| Turkestan Ground-Jay | Podoces panderi | 0 | S. Russia |
| Iranian Ground-Jay | Podoces pleskei | 0 | Iran |
| Tibetan Ground-Jay | Pseudopodoces humilis | 0 | Tsinghai, W. China |
| Clark’s Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | 0 | S.W. Canada, N.W. USA |
| Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | 10 | Europe to Japan |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | 8 | Europe to N.E. Asia |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | 2 | Europe to C. Asia |
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | 0 | Senegal to Ethiopia |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | 4 | Europe to Central Asia |
| Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | 0 | N.E. + C. Asia |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | 5 | India, S.E. Asia |
| New Caledonian Crow | Corvus moneduloides | 0 | New Calodonia. Loyalty Is. |
| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | 8 | Indonesia, Malaysia |
| Piping Crow | Corvus typicus | 0 | Celebes |
| Banggai Crow | Corvus unicolor | 0 | Banggai Is. |
| Flores Crow | Corvus florensis | 0 | Flores Is. |
| Mariana Crow | Corvus kubaryi | 0 | Guam Is., Rota Is. |
| Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | 0 | Moluccas |
| Bougainville Crow | Corvus meeki | 0 | Borgainville Is. |
| White-billed Crow | Corvus woodfordi | 2 | Guadalcanal and nearby Is. |
| Brown-headed Crow | Corvus fuscicapillus | 2 | New Guinea |
| Grey Crow | Corvus tristis | 0 | New Guinea |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | 0 | E-S Africa |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | 2 | N. Africa, Europe to Japan |
| Northwestern Crow | Corvus caurinus | 0 | Canada, N.W. USA |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | 4 | N. America |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | 0 | USA |
| Tamaulipas Crow | Corvus imparatus | 0 | Mexico |
| Sinaloa Crow | Corvus sinaloae | 0 | Mexico |
| Palm Crow | Corvus palmarum | 2 | Cuba |
| Jamaican Crow | Corvus jamaicensis | 0 | Jamaica |
| Cuban Crow | Corvus nasicus | 0 | Cuba |
| White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus | 0 | Puerto Rico |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | 6 | N. Africa, Europe to Japan |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | 13 | China, India, S.E. Asia |
| Jungle Crow | Corvus levaillantii | 0 | N.E. India, Burma, Thailand |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | 4 | New Guinea, Australia, Molluccas |
| Little Crow | Corvus bennetti | 0 | W and C. Australia |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | 2 | E. and S. Australia |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | 0 | S.E.Australia |
| Relict Raven | Corvus boreus | 0 | S.E. Australia |
| Forest Raven | Corvus tasmanicus | 2 | S.E.Australia |
| Collared Crow | Corvus torquatus | 0 | China, Vietnam |
| Hawaiian Crow | Corvus hawaiiensis | 0 | Hawaii |
| Chihuahuan Raven | Corvus cryptoleucus | 0 | USA, Mexico |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | 0 | Africa |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | 2 | N. Africa, Pakistan |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | 8 | Paleoarctic |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | 0 | NE Africa, Arabia |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | 0 | E -S Africa |
| Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | 0 | Ethiopia, Sudan |
