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Magpies, like all crow-like birds (or at least that's how they are historically lumped together under Rabenvögel in German along with crows, ravens, and jackdaw
by tannhaeuser 5y ago
Magpies, like all crow-like birds (or at least that's how they are historically lumped together under Rabenvögel in German along with crows, ravens, and jackdaws, probably because they're scavengers) are fascinating, intelligent creatures. I've heard European magpies bring gifts when they take away food, like small decorative ensembles of sticks, stones, shells, and pieces of metal they picked up.
- Shatnerz 5y ago> at least that's how they are historically lumped together under Rabenvögel in German along with crows, ravens, and jackdaws, probably because they're scavengers Corvidae or Corvids in English (from the Latin word for "raven" I believe): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae
- Fnoord 5y ago> Corvidae or Corvids in English (from the Latin word for "raven" I believe): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae The other way around: Raven is an English word, a species; Corvidae the Latin one of the family of species which includes the species raven (words ending on 'ae' is multiple in Latin, and typically denotes a Latin etymology (Latin origin)).
- throwaway894345 5y agoThe parent is correct, "corvus" is Latin for raven. The scientific name for the family of species is also derived from "corvus", but it means "raven" nevertheless. In other words, the science community named the family after the latin word for raven, not the other way around.
- dangerbird2 5y agoThis article is about Australian magpies, which aren't related to European Magpies and other corvids. They're known more for their extreme territoriality than for their intelligence, but OP's article clearly shows they're no dummies either.