In order to avoid any
confusion at the current time, I present a simple guide to COVID and corvids 😀
COVID-19 is an infectious
disease caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally resulting in
the ongoing 2020 pandemic.
It is not nice and it is causing
a great deal of chaos, anxiety and immense personal grief. It can not be
described as intelligent but, like any virus,
it is a
sub-microscopic infectious agent that cleverly replicates only inside the cells
of a living organism.
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of passerine birds. In common English, they
are known as the crow family or, more technically, as corvids.
Corvids display remarkable intelligence for animals of their size and are among
the most intelligent birds thus far studied. Their total brain-to-body mass
ratio is equal to that of non-human great apes and cetaceans and only slightly
lower than that of humans. Unlike COVID-19, corvids are also nice!
Over 120 species have been
described worldwide. The majority of the species are found in tropical south
and central America and in south Asia, with fewer than 10 species each in Africa
and Australasia.
In the UK, there are 8
species of crow: Chough, Raven, Hooded Crow, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Magpie and Jay.
In Europe, there are a
further 3 species, all of which I have seen: Iberian Magpie, Alpine Chough and
Nutcracker.
Here are some photos of all
8 UK species of crow plus Iberian Magpie:
Photo: Chough at RSPB South
Stack, Anglesey
Photo: Raven at Gigrin Farm,
Rhayader, Powys
Photo: Hooded Crow at Loch Scridain, Mull, Argyll
Photo: Carrion Crow at Gloucester Park, Basildon, Essex
Photo: Rook at Tramore, Republic of Ireland
Photo: Jackdaw at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Photo: Magpie at Pennington
Flash, Greater Manchester
Photo: Jay at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk
Photo: Iberian Magpie (plus House Sparrow) at El Acebuche, Coto Doñana, Andalucia, Spain
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Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
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