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the crow that collects shiny trinkets, recognizes faces, and judges you for both.
means A small, sociable Eurasian crow with a grey nape and pale eyes, known for its intelligence, chattering calls, and habit of nesting in chimneys and ruins.
from The 'daw' is the old part — a bird-name in English for centuries, probably echoing its sharp 'tchack' call. The 'jack' got bolted on later, an affectionate human nickname slapped onto familiar animals (think 'jackass' or 'jackrabbit'), as if the bird were just one of the lads. So 'jackdaw' is roughly 'little Jack the daw' — a chatty bird treated like a cheeky neighbour.
- eye color
- pale white-blue irises, eerie among black-eyed corvids
- face memory
- recognizes and remembers individual human faces
- theft myth
- studies show they actually avoid shiny objects
- pair bonds
- mate for life, even unsuccessful breeders
- old name
- jack meant small, daw was its ancient name
for instance
jackdaw of rhiems — french medieval legend of a jackdaw that stole a precious ring from a cardinal in reims