Here’s the thing. You said a “jackdaw is a crow.”
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one’s arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing.
If you’re saying “crow family” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people “call the black ones crows?” Let’s get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that’s not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you’d call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don’t.
It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?
Hoo boy that takes me back. What was their name again?
Unidan
Hilarious saga. I kinda enjoyed their downfall because they were a crow guy but people asked them about all kinds of nature questions and a lot of what they said outside of their expertise was wrong…
But me with the right answer was sitting with 2 upvotes while Unidan got 1000.
Riiiiight
Soon they will eat crow when they realize their error
hehe
Mostly unrelated, but – are there any black birds that sing in the dead of night?? Was McCartney high when he heard that?
if there is i bet its an owl. or possibly bat.
Emojis were a mistake.
