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Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

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Sounds

  • Recording by Joost van Bruggen (XC436939). CC-BY-SA · Source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 155,146, February 114,588, March 179,534, April 282,449, May 407,245, June 444,074, July 475,189, August 408,660, September 300,029, October 223,949, November 122,376, December 95,646.
United States3,208,988
Alaska3,208,885
Russia22,813
United Kingdom12,140
England9,836
Netherlands3,724
Poland3,053
Germany2,957
France2,673
Spain2,603

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusJackdaws · Coloeus

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