Definition & Meaning | English word CORVIDS

Definitions of CORVIDS

1. plural of corvid.

Examples of Using CORVIDS in a Sentence

• In addition to other members of the genus Pica, corvids considered magpies are in the genera Cissa, Urocissa, and Cyanopica.
• It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) designated magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies.
• It also like many other corvids, utters strange clipping and clicking sounds during its head bowing display to another bird.
• Like all corvids, the fan-tailed raven is capable of vocal mimicry; however, this behavior is mostly recorded in captivity and, very rarely, in the wild.
• Although sometimes known as wattled crows, they are not corvids and are only distantly related to crows - New Zealand wattlebirds is the informal name for this family used by the scientific community.
• It is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of corvids, in particular the Eurasian magpie.
• Adults and young may be hunted and eaten by birds of prey or corvids, and this species is a host of blood-sucking mites.
• They compete with boreal owls, starlings and squirrels for nest cavities and their nests may be destroyed or the nestlings eaten by those creatures as well as nest predators such as martens and corvids.
• However, since rooks are found in Europe and Asia and are unlike herons, and corvids do not nest in large masses in the Western world, it is more fitting to refer to birds that nest with herons as nesting in a Heronry or seabirds or other birds nesting together in trees, cliffs, or on the ground as nesting in a breeding colony.
• Anecdotally, scrub jays – and corvids more generally – are known for an attraction to, and thievery of, brightly colored objects.
• However, unlike in other corvids, this hidden food stash is not purposefully shared with siblings to increase inclusive fitness but is consumed by the hoarder or a pilferer for selfish use.
• Birds in the crow family (corvids) as well as parrots (psittacines) have been shown to live socially, have long developmental periods, and possess large forebrains, all of which have been hypothesized to allow for greater cognitive abilities.
• However, corvids quickly become habituated to most tactics such as blast cannons, predator decoys, and traditional scarecrows.
• The long tail might be plesiomorphic for this group, as it is also found in the tropical Asian magpies (Cissa and Urocissa) as well as in most of the very basal corvids, such as the treepies.
• Some birds, however, such as black-capped chickadees, Golden-crowned kinglets, woodpeckers, and corvids, instead remain in colder areas throughout the winter, often remaining in groups for warmth.
• Other bird species can be a major threat to nesting white-fronted honeyeaters as species such as butcherbirds, currawongs and corvids are known for raiding the nests of other bird species.
• Birdwatchers can find a great diversity in this area: diurnal birds such as the black kite, the kite, the short-toed eagle, golden eagle, the blue black-shouldered kite, the griffon vulture, and the buzzard; nocturnal predators like the barn owl and tawny owl; corvids like the crow, the jackdaw, the chough, the Dartford, and the jay; the white stork that today, like many other birds, has stopped migrating because of its adaptation to landfills and dumps where they have food throughout the year; and small birds such as thrushes, orioles, hoopoes, cuckoos and partridges.
• The colloquial name camp robber is used for several North American species of birds (all corvids) known for their fearlessness around humans and their proclivity for stealing food from campers and picnickers:.
• The expansion lets players play against four automated factions: the Logical Lizards, Riverfolk Robots, Cogwheel Corvids and Drillbit Duchy.
• In the postcrania, the olecranal fossa on the humerus lacks the deep, rounded pit found in other Hawaiian corvids.

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