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?

Don't forget magpies!

Not pictured:
The adorable, if thiefish Grey Jay, aka the Whiskey Jack.

Magpies are the friendliest birds for people but I almost feel bad about it because they're dicks to other birds.

can't wait for corvid-24

Steller's Jay fits in with the family and makes sure the blue jay doesn't get lonely

That man looks like a mime from hell

Where's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treepie

They scream the loudest though.

I could see him being more metal than his entire family.

Strive to be the Blue Jay in your family of Ravens.

The normal looking one looks adopted. Like the native kid from King of the hill