Piapiac

Piapiac
adult with beak full of termites
sub-adult (l) and immature (r)
Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Ptilostomus
Swainson, 1837
Species:
P. afer
Binomial name
Ptilostomus afer
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Distribution map
Synonyms

Corvus afer Linnaeus, 1766

The piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is an African bird in the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus. It is most closely related to the Central Asian ground jays.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Ptilostomus afer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705925A118780210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705925A118780210.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.