
BIR031-00037
Vulnerable Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This and other corvid species are studied to learn how cognition evolved, how animals use cognitive abilities to solve problems in nature and how cognitive abilities can affect the evolutionary process.
Keywords
- Animal
- bird
- black background
- Captive
- Close-up
- cognition
- corvid
- cyanocephalus
- Evolution
- Gymnorhinus
- Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Jay
- lab animal
- Photo Ark
- pinyon jay
- Portrait
- rare
- research animal
- studio
- studio portrait
- vulnerable
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.