corvid

noun

cor·​vid ˈkȯr-vəd 

: any of a family (Corvidae) of stout-billed passerine birds including the crows, jays, magpies, and the raven

Examples of corvid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What’s more, corvids are extremely smart, and blue jays and green jays look quite different from one another. — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

Crows and ravens belong to the same corvid family and are often confused for each other, but there are ways to tell them apart. — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024

The syrinx, which is unique to birds, produces the sounds that parrots, corvids, lyrebirds and mynahs use to mimic sounds. — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 14 Feb. 2026

Or that jays and other corvids are scatter-hoarders, and will spend an entire day picking nuts out of a feeder's seed mix to hide caches around the yard. — Kat Merck, Wired News, 2 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

from stem of New Latin Corvidae, from Corvus, a genus (going back to Latin corvus "raven") + -idae -idae — more at cornice

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above