---
title: "Kruczek"
description: "Ptilostomus afer — Ptaki. The piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is an African bird in the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/piapiac
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kruczek

> Ptilostomus afer — Ptaki. The piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is an African bird in the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus.

- Scientific name: *Ptilostomus afer*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 976
- Wikidata: [Q386672](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386672)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8371](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8371)

## Names

- en: Piapiac
- de: Piapia
- es: Urraca piapiac
- fr: Piapiac africain
- nl: Ptilostomus
- pt: Pega-africana
- pl: Kruczek

## Countries with the most observations

BJ (237), UG (224), GM (181), NG (63), SN (58), GH (47), TG (24), NE (15), GN (13), ML (8), CM (5), GW (5)

## Summary

The piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is an African bird in the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus. It is most closely related to the Central Asian ground jays.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piapiac

## Photo

![Kruczek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/piapiac/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104021514

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/piapiac?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).