@BlessingsCaptured, it’s good to hear that this assignment is turning out to be an educational one.
Thank you for your question. It was interesting that you asked about the Crow or Raven kind. It is fascinating to compare current classifications with Scripture to find the original created kinds (https://answersresearchjournal.org/avian-ark-kinds/). However, identifying every species of bird (or animal) in the field can become quite tedious quite quickly so, as you’ve found, it’s a breath of fresh air to “zoom out” and sort instead by Families, or the next level up, by Orders.
With only five birds named in the New Testament, this assignment is zooming out even more. Defining the project forced me to ask: “Under which of only 5 umbrella categories would all of the many created kinds/families/orders best fit?”–Even if they’re unrelated, how do I group them based on more general characteristics?
So the general rule of thumb is that by default a bird will fall under the Sparrow category unless it is specified elsewhere on the details page. (Worldwide they say there are about 250 bird families, and 150 of those, three-fifths, belong to the single Order called Passeriformes; most common birds then are the small Sparrow kind also known as Perching Birds or Songbirds.) Examples would be yes, Cowbirds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Cardinals, Wrens, Thrushes and Bluebirds, Mimic Thrushes (Mockingbird, Catbird, Thrasher), Finches, Flycatchers, Warblers and Vireos.
That’s thrilling that you could be a part of the Nature Friend Bird Count. As it says in Matthew 6:26, the birds are there if we notice them. Learning their calls proves educational as well if you can strap that on.