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- noun Plural form of
corvid .
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Examples
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We spoke very briefly about co-operative hunting in corvids and raptors, and about Big Cat Diary.
Finally: big cat kills uncensored and uncut Darren Naish 2006
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We spoke very briefly about co-operative hunting in corvids and raptors, and about Big Cat Diary.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Past experiments have shown that crows and their relatives - altogether known as corvids - are indeed "remarkably intelligent, and in many ways rival the great apes in their physical intelligence and ability to solve problems," said researcher Christopher Bird at the University of Cambridge in England.
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In some groups of birds and mammals, such as corvids and apes, respectively, brain to-body ratios are especially high [
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In addition, we are deeply concerned about all the wildlife on the Farallon Islands including the 11 other species of seabirds that have a breeding population of over 250,000, the 36 species of marine mammals, the reptiles and amphibians, plus the raptors and corvids that have been migrating and taking up residence.
Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge Maggie Sergio 2011
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Magpies are corvids and are considered to be one of the most highly intelligent birds.
David Mizejewski: Corvids Are Oddly Intelligent David Mizejewski 2011
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Most of the corvids moved on, leaving a few behind to slip through the crowd like secret police.
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This Week's Animal Oddity is all about corvids, the group of birds that includes crows, ravens, magpies and jays.
David Mizejewski: Corvids Are Oddly Intelligent David Mizejewski 2011
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Of course ravens are no mean opportunists themselves, and the only reason to think of them as victims of the prairie falcon was my fondness for corvids.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In addition, we are deeply concerned about all the wildlife on the Farallon Islands including the 11 other species of seabirds that have a breeding population of over 250,000, the 36 species of marine mammals, the reptiles and amphibians, plus the raptors and corvids that have been migrating and taking up residence.
Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge Maggie Sergio 2011
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