Talk:Corvidae

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I'm new (and also terribly vain), so I feel it only right to ask permission to create a page Corvine to redirect here. Is it unnecessary? I feel like I'm breaking the vanity page rules, even though it's just the meaning of my handle and no reflection on me. Feline redirects to Felidae, after all. Corvine 19:08, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You don't need anyone's permission, although corvine doesn't appear in my Chambers dictionary ... jimfbleak 06:28, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Corvine sounds like a word in the vein of lupine, canine, vulpine, and feline (wolf-like, dog-like, fox-like, and cat-like, respectively). Might not be in a dictionary, but so long as you know what sort of animal corvidae is, I think corvine would be apt to describe something that exhibits traits of crows/magpies/jays/etc. Jade Peat 04:20, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Crows and ravens

I've edited this article extensively to try to reduce the no doubt unintentional bias towards NAm Corvus species. I can't help thinking that chunks of the article stil need to be moved to Corvus, American Crow or Common Raven, since the emphasis on these groups distorts the whole article. jimfbleak 20:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recently

Recently the Corvus genus has re-entered Australia, resulting in five new species and one new subspecies - how recently? A week last Tuesday? Seems oddly colloquial. If recent has a specific meaning in Zoology that I'm not aware of, then my apologies. Otherwise, d'you think this would perhaps be better expressed as, In relatively recent evolutionary history ... or even better, Within the last XY,000 years ...? 194.80.54.155 11:45, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not Cited Correctly

"on a brain-to-body ratio, the corvid brain equals the size of a chimpanzee, is roughly the same as a dolphin, and is only slightly lower than a human [16]. " I can't find any consistent or credible record of the brain to body weight ratio for Crows or any other Corvids. The statement is false in any case (chimp:3.5, man:7 BN Dolphin 4.32)I've looked and found the ratio for Bottle Nose Dolphins to be 4.32, according to Lori Marino("Cetacean Brain Evolution: Multiplication Generates Complexity")User:Rooktje 04:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]