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Encyclopedia > Cyanocorax
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Tufted jays
Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas
Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocorax
Boie, 1826
Species
17 species; see text.

The tufted jays are a genus, Cyanocorax, of New World jays, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. Image File history File linksMetadata Cyanocorax_yncas_1. ... Binomial name Cyanocorax yncas (Boddaert, 1783) The Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species with distinct regional forms within its large but discontinuous range. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (rhombozoans) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Platylophus Gymnorhinus Cyanocitta Aphelocoma Cyanocorax Garrulus Cissa Perisoreus Urocissa Cyanopica Dendrocitta Crypsirina Temnurus Pica Zavattariornis Podoces Nucifraga Pyrrhocorax Ptilostomus Corvus Corvidae is a family of oscine passerine birds which contains the crows, magpies and jays. ... Heinrich Boie (May 4, 1784 - September 4, 1827) was a German zoologist. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Genera Many, see text Jay is a common name for several species of medium sized, usually colorful and noisy passerine or perching birds in the family Corvidae, or crow family, closely allied to the magpies (the names jay and magpie are to a certain extent interchangeable, not reflecting any genuine... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Species See text. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera Platylophus Gymnorhinus Cyanocitta Aphelocoma Cyanocorax Garrulus Cissa Perisoreus Urocissa Cyanopica Dendrocitta Crypsirina Temnurus Pica Zavattariornis Podoces Nucifraga Pyrrhocorax Ptilostomus Corvus Corvidae is a family of oscine passerine birds which contains the crows, magpies and jays. ...


It contains several closely related species and is dominant in Central and South America. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...


The genus includes seventeen species:

  • Black-chested Jay, Cyanocorax affinis
  • Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii
  • Azure Jay, Cyanocorax caeruleus
  • Cayenne Jay, Cyanocorax cayanus
  • Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops
  • Curl-crested Jay, Cyanocorax cristatellus
  • Purplish Jay, Cyanocorax cyanomelas
  • White-naped Jay, Cyanocorax cyanopogon
  • Tufted Jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi
  • Azure-naped Jay, Cyanocorax heilprini
  • Bushy-crested Jay, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
  • Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio
  • White-tailed Jay, Cyanocorax mystacalis
  • San Blas Jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus
  • Violaceous Jay, Cyanocorax violaceus
  • Green Jay, Cyanocorax yncas
  • Yucatan Jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus

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The type, an adult male in the Brussels Museum, is from "Tabasco" and, although the catalogue does not so state, was without doubt collected by Ghiesbreght in the same locality as the type of Cyanocorax unicolor.
Obviously a spot as close as possible to the Tabasco boundary should be selected, but a definite selection may well be left to Pierce Brodkorb, in view of his extensive work in Chiapas.--A. v.r Rossr, University of California, Los Angeles.
The type locality of Cyanocorax unlcolor was given in the original description (Bull.
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