Definitions for "Corvidae"
Keywords:  crow, magpie, jackdaw, raven, rook
crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
the family of birds to which crows belong.
Corvidae is a family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers (Clayton and Emery 2005, http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/corvids.html). Collectively its members are called corvids and there are over 120 species.