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British Birds - Crows and Cuckoos
This bird is famous for its acorn feeding habits but do you know what it is?

British Birds - Crows and Cuckoos

The all-black carrion crow is one of the cleverest, most adaptable of our birds. The closely related hooded crow has recently been split as a separate species. With cuckoos, it is the male's call that is the very familiar "cuckoo". Generally, if you hear a cuckoo singing you will probably not see it until it stops singing, which is when it flies away from its song post.

1 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Panafotkas
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Raven
Common Cuckoo
Hooded Crow
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Corvus cornix
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • On coastal cliffs the eggs of gulls, cormorants and other birds are stolen when their owners are absent.
  • In the 18th century, Scottish shepherds would make offerings to them to keep them from attacking sheep.
2 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Benutzer:BS Thurner Hof
European Magpie
Eurasian Jay
Carrion Crow
Common Cuckoo
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Corvus corone
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Often quite fearless, although can be wary of man.
  • Fairly solitary, usually found alone or in pairs.
  • Highly intelligent, and are among the most intelligent of all animals.
3 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Unknown
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
European Magpie
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Corvus monedula
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Perched birds often chatter together, and before settling for the night large roosting flocks make a cackling noise.
  • Generally cautious of people in the forest or countryside, but much tamer in urban areas.
4 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Malte Uhl
Hooded Crow
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
European Magpie
Red-billed Chough
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Pairs for life and displays fidelity to its breeding site, which is usually a cave or crevice in a cliff face.
  • Has been depicted on postage stamps of a few countries, including the Isle of Man.
5 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Steve Garvie
Common Cuckoo
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
European Magpie
  • Group: Cuckoo
  • Binomial: Cuculus canorus
  • Order: Cuculiformes
  • Family: Cuculidae
  • Status: Breeding Summer Visitor
  • Lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species.
  • The female pushes one egg out of the other bird's nest, lays and flies off.
  • The whole process is achieved in only about 10 seconds.
6 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Teemu Lehtinen
European Magpie
Common Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Hooded Crow
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Pica pica
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • In the spring, large numbers often gather to resolve territorial conflicts and social standing.
  • These gatherings, called parliaments, probably gave rise to the many nursery rhymes and poems about this bird.
7 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of http://www.lucnix.be/main.php
Eurasian Jay
Rook
Common Raven
Hooded Crow
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Garrulus glandarius
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Shy woodland birds, rarely moving far from cover.
  • Famous for their acorn feeding habits and in the autumn you may see them burying acorns for retrieving later in the winter.
8 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of David Hofmann
Rook
Common Raven
Eurasian Jay
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Corvus corax
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Has coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas has been so numerous that it is considered a pest.
  • Has been the subject of mythology, folklore, art and literature.
9 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Brian Snelson
Carrion Crow
European Magpie
Rook
Eurasian Jay
  • Group: Crows and allies
  • Binomial: Corvus frugilegus
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Corvidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Untidy appearance arising from the slightly peaked head and the thigh feathers, which look like baggy trousers.
  • Rarely alone and so their raucous caws can become overwhelming.
10 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Mdf
Hooded Crow
Common Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eurasian Jay
  • Group: Cuckoo
  • Binomial: Coccyzus americanus
  • Order: Cuculiformes
  • Family: Cuculidae
  • Status: Rare Vagrant
  • The entire time from egg-laying to fledging may be as little as 17 days.
  • Chicks are able to climb about with agility at 7-9 days of age.
  • Occasionally lay eggs in the nests of other birds.

 

Author:  Sarah Garratty

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