The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Corvids

Chlidonias said:
I've seen over a dozen of those missing species in the wild. I'll look through my photos on the weekend and see what I can find (or not find, as the case may be. Don't expect too much).
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I suspected you'd be our best hope for a fair few species :P but even a small handful of additions would be great.

Out of curiosity, which of the missing species have you seen?
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I suspected you'd be our best hope for a fair few species :p but even a small handful of additions would be great.

Out of curiosity, which of the missing species have you seen?
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These ones (actually only eleven of them, so just under a dozen rather than "over a dozen" - I miscounted!):

Malay Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus)
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Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
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White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)
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Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
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Flores Crow (Corvus florensis)
Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)


Plus a bunch of unrepresented subspecies.

However I really don't know which ones I have photos of and which I don't.
 
Great Argus said:
HBW places the Crested Jay in its own monotypic family, Platylophidae. Thus why it is absent from this thread despite being called a jay. :p
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Yep, that is precisely why I omitted it.

Chlidonias said:
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
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Yes, I'd have been a little surprised had you lacked these ones!
 
Chlidonias said:
These ones (actually only eleven of them, so just under a dozen rather than "over a dozen" - I miscounted!):

Malay Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus)
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Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
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White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)
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Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
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Flores Crow (Corvus florensis)
Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)


Plus a bunch of unrepresented subspecies.

However I really don't know which ones I have photos of and which I don't.
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Turns out I've seen twelve of the unrepresented species rather than eleven, because I have seen the macella subspecies of Nutcracker (I just don't split it from the Spotted Nutcracker).

But it doesn't matter because it seems that I don't have photos of any of the species on the list, even the ones for which I thought I'd have bad photos!

The only "new" photos for your thread are two magpies (leucoptera from Mongolia and bactrianus from India) and the Burmese House Crow (insolens - note that these don't look or sound anything like "normal" House Crows!). The photos are in the respective Wildlife galleries.

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TeaLovingDave said:
And that's the Zoochat Photographic Guide to Corvids completed :)

Obviously, any subspecies which can be added will be very much more than welcome - and I certainly hope that we will have a good few more added in the coming days and/or weeks - but naturally the biggest priority will be hopefully filling gaps at species level!

There are actually rather fewer than one would think, given the number of species we are playing with, but here are the major gaps in the Zoochat gallery in terms of corvid species:


Malay Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus)
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Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
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White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)
Collared Treepie (Dendrocitta frontalis)
Andaman Treepie (Dendrocitta bayleii)
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White-winged Magpie (Urocissa xanthomelana)
Hainan Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
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Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
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Ethiopian Bushcrow (Zavattariornis stresemanni)
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Mongolian Ground-jay (Podoces hendersoni)
Xinjiang Ground-jay (Podoces biddulphi)
Turkestan Ground-jay (Podoces panderi)
Iranian Ground-jay (Podoces pleskei)
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Asir Magpie (Pica asirensis)
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Southern Nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila)
Large-spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)
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Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)
Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis)
White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae)
Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum)
Flores Crow (Corvus florensis)
Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor)
Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Violet Crow (Corvus violaceus)
Long-billed Crow (Corvus validus)
Bougainville Crow (Corvus meeki)
White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi)
Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus)
Grey Crow (Corvus tristis)
Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi)
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White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)
Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus)
Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo)
Silvery-throated Jay (Cyanolyca argentigula)
Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra)
Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)
Quindio Jay (Cyanolyca quindiuna)
Black-collared Jay (Cyanolyca armillata)
White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)
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Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
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Unicolored Jay (Aphelocoma unicolor)
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Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi)
Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini)
Campina Jay (Cyanocorax hafferi)
Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus)
Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus)


All in all, I reckon that having 79 out of 130 corvid species represented in the gallery is damn good :D but I am certain we can do better! Quite apart from anything else, I would be very much surprised if no one has photographs of at least one of the Ground-jays, the Pinyon Jay, the Siberian Jay and the three Australian natives we lack (Little Crow, Little Raven and Forest Raven). The Bushcrow might be a more distant hope, but one never knows.......
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i have aded siberian jay to the gallery
siberian jay

siberian jay

siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus

siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus

probebly one of the most souther siberian jays in sweaden in dalarna close to leksand
 
TeaLovingDave said:
And that's the Zoochat Photographic Guide to Corvids completed :)

Obviously, any subspecies which can be added will be very much more than welcome - and I certainly hope that we will have a good few more added in the coming days and/or weeks - but naturally the biggest priority will be hopefully filling gaps at species level!

There are actually rather fewer than one would think, given the number of species we are playing with, but here are the major gaps in the Zoochat gallery in terms of corvid species:


Malay Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus)
-----
Hooded Treepie (Crypsirina cucullata)
-----
White-bellied Treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra)
Collared Treepie (Dendrocitta frontalis)
Andaman Treepie (Dendrocitta bayleii)
-----
White-winged Magpie (Urocissa xanthomelana)
Hainan Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
-----
Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
-----
Ethiopian Bushcrow (Zavattariornis stresemanni)
-----
Mongolian Ground-jay (Podoces hendersoni)
Xinjiang Ground-jay (Podoces biddulphi)
Turkestan Ground-jay (Podoces panderi)
Iranian Ground-jay (Podoces pleskei)
-----
Asir Magpie (Pica asirensis)
-----
Southern Nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila)
Large-spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata)
-----
Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)
Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis)
White-necked Crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Sinaloa Crow (Corvus sinaloae)
Palm Crow (Corvus palmarum)
Flores Crow (Corvus florensis)
Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor)
Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)
Violet Crow (Corvus violaceus)
Long-billed Crow (Corvus validus)
Bougainville Crow (Corvus meeki)
White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi)
Brown-headed Crow (Corvus fuscicapillus)
Grey Crow (Corvus tristis)
Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi)
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White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)
Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus)
Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo)
Silvery-throated Jay (Cyanolyca argentigula)
Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra)
Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)
Quindio Jay (Cyanolyca quindiuna)
Black-collared Jay (Cyanolyca armillata)
White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)
-----
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
-----
Unicolored Jay (Aphelocoma unicolor)
-----
Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi)
Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini)
Campina Jay (Cyanocorax hafferi)
Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus)
Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus)


All in all, I reckon that having 79 out of 130 corvid species represented in the gallery is damn good :D but I am certain we can do better! Quite apart from anything else, I would be very much surprised if no one has photographs of at least one of the Ground-jays, the Pinyon Jay, the Siberian Jay and the three Australian natives we lack (Little Crow, Little Raven and Forest Raven). The Bushcrow might be a more distant hope, but one never knows.......
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I was just browsing through this thread out of curiosity, and I noticed you're missing Cyanocorax cayanus which I recently saw on a trip to Walsrode. I'm not sure if you're still updating this thread but in case you are I uploaded a photo to the gallery here:

 
komodoskar said:
I was just browsing through this thread out of curiosity, and I noticed you're missing Cyanocorax cayanus which I recently saw on a trip to Walsrode. I'm not sure if you're still updating this thread but in case you are I uploaded a photo to the gallery here:

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Yes, as with most of the Photographic Guide threads this one sorely needs an update; I've actually seen and photographed that species at Walsrode more than once myself!
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Yes, as with most of the Photographic Guide threads this one sorely needs an update; I've actually seen and photographed that species at Walsrode more than once myself!
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I suspected that would be the case. Either way, I really appreciate and enjoy these Photographic Guide threads :)
 
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