Genus of birds
Ground jays Turkestan ground jay Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Podoces Fischer von Waldheim , 1821 Type species Podoces panderi [1] Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
Species
The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces
Ground jays show adaptations to ground living such as long, strong legs adapted to fast running and the ability to leap and bound onto boulders and rocks with great agility. Their long, curved thick bills are adapted for digging and probing.
While capable of flight (which they do infrequently and relatively weakly), they prefer running, and will readily perch on trees and bushes also.
Species list Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution Podoces hendersoni Mongolian ground jay Mongolia, northern China and adjacent areas of Russia and Kazakhstan Podoces biddulphi Xinjiang ground jay China Podoces pleskei Pleske's ground jay Iran. Podoces panderi Turkestan ground jay Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
The ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis ), previously Hume's ground jay, has changed its placement within the Passeriformes recently because of molecular and osteological testing. It has now been placed into the Paridae.
References ^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org . The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16 .
Choughs
Pyrrhocorax Alpine chough (P. graculus ) Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax )
Treepies
Crypsirina Hooded treepie (C. cucullata ) Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia ) Dendrocitta Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi ) Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens ) Grey treepie (D. formosae ) Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis ) White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra ) Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis ) Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda ) Platysmurus Malayan black magpie (P. leucopterus ) Bornean black magpie (P. aterrimus ) Temnurus Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus )
Orientalmagpies
Cissa Common green magpie (C. chinensis ) Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca ) Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi ) Javan green magpie (C. thalassina ) Urocissa Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea ) Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha ) Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris ) Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata ) White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi )
Old World jays
Garrulus Eurasian jay (G. glandarius ) Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus ) Lidth's jay (G. lidthi ) Podoces (Ground jays) Xinjiang ground jay (P. biddulphi ) Mongolian ground jay (P. hendersoni ) Turkestan ground jay (P. panderi ) Iranian ground jay (P. pleskei ) Ptilostomus
Stresemann's
Zavattariornis Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni )
Nutcrackers
Nucifraga Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes ) Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana ) Kashmir nutcracker (N. multipunctata )
Holarcticmagpies
Pica Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia ) Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli ) Eurasian magpie (P. pica ) Oriental magpie (P. sericea ) Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica ) Asir magpie (P. asirensis ) Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis )
True crows
Corvus Australian and Melanesian speciesLittle crow (C. bennetti ) Australian raven (C. coronoides ) Bismarck crow (C. insularis ) Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus ) Bougainville crow (C. meeki ) Little raven (C. mellori ) New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides ) Torresian crow (C. orru ) Forest raven (C. tasmanicus ) Grey crow (C. tristis ) Long-billed crow (C. validus ) White-billed crow (C. woodfordi ) Pacific island speciesHawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis ) Mariana crow (C. kubaryi ) Tropical Asian speciesSlender-billed crow (C. enca ) Small crow (C. samarensis ) Palawan crow (C. pusillus ) Flores crow (C. florensis ) Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos ) Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii ) Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus ) House crow (C. splendens ) Collared crow (C. torquatus ) Piping crow (C. typicus ) Banggai crow (C. unicolor ) Violet crow (C. violaceus ) Eurasian and North African speciesMesopotamian crow (C. capellanus ) Hooded crow (C. cornix ) Carrion crow (C. corone ) Rook (C. frugilegus ) Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis ) Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus ) Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis ) Holarctic speciesCommon raven (C. corax ) North and Central American speciesAmerican crow (C. brachyrhynchos ) Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus ) Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus ) Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis ) White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus ) Cuban palm crow (C. minutus ) Cuban crow (C. nasicus ) Fish crow (C. ossifragus ) Hispaniolan palm crow (C. palmarum ) Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae ) Tropical African speciesWhite-necked raven (C. albicollis ) Pied crow (C. albus ) Cape crow (C. capensis ) Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris ) Somali crow (C. edithae )
Jackdaws
Azure-winged
Cyanopica Iberian magpie (C. cooki ) Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus )
Grey jays
Perisoreus Canada jay (P. canadensis ) Siberian jay (P. infaustus ) Sichuan jay (P. internigrans )
New World jays
Aphelocoma (Scrub jays) California scrub jay (A. californica ) Island scrub jay (A. insularis ) Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii ) Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens ) Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina ) Unicolored jay (A. unicolor ) Mexican jay (A. wollweberi ) Calocitta (Magpie-Jays) Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei ) White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa ) Cyanocitta Blue jay (C. cristata ) Steller's jay (C. stelleri ) Cyanocorax Black-chested jay (C. affinis ) Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii ) Azure jay (C. caeruleus ) Cayenne jay (C. cayanus ) Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops ) Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus ) Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas ) White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon ) Tufted jay (C. dickeyi ) Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini ) Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus ) Brown jay (C. morio ) White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis ) San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus ) Violaceous jay (C. violaceus ) Green jay (C. ynca ) Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus ) Cyanolyca Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula ) Black-collared jay (C. armillata ) Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata ) White-throated jay (C. mirabilis ) Dwarf jay (C. nana ) Beautiful jay (C. pulchra ) Black-throated jay (C. pumilo ) Turquoise jay (C. turcosa ) White-collared jay (C. viridicyana ) Gymnorhinus Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus )
Genera of
corvides and their extinct allies
