Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.

• Crows and the rest of the corvid family keep turning out to be smarter and smarter.
• New research observes them thinking about what they’ve just seen and associating it with an appropriate response.
• A corvid’s pallium is packed with more neurons than a great ape’s.  […]

Source: Crows are self-aware just like us, says new study