Cyanocorax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvida Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocorax
Species: C. affinis – C. beecheii – C. caeruleus – C. cayanus – C. chrysops – C. colliei – C. cristatellus – C. cyanomelas – C. cyanopogon – C. dickeyi – C. formosus – C. heilprini – C. luxuosus – C. melanocyaneus – C. morio – C. mystacalis – C. sanblasianus – C. violaceus – C. yncas – C. yucatanicus

Name

Cyanocorax Boie, 1826

Typus: Corvus pileatus Temminck, 1821 = Pica chrysops Vieillot, 1818 = Cyanocorax chrysops

Synonymy

Cyanurus Swainson, 1831 FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p. 495
Psilorhinus Rüppell, 1837
Calocitta G.R. Gray, 1841
Uroleuca Bonaparte, 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p. 379 BHL
Cissilopha Bonaparte, 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p. 380 BHL
Xanthocitta Bonaparte, 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p. 380 BHL
Xanthoura Bonaparte, 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p. 380 BHL
Coronideus Cabanis, 1851 Mus.Hein. 1 p. 225 BHL
Cyanocorvus G.R. Gray, 1855 Cat.Gen.Subgen.Birds p. 148 BHL
Argurocitta Heine, 1860 J.Orn. 8 p. 117 BHL

References

Primary references

Boie, F. 1826. Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung von Oken. 19: 969–981. BHL Reference page. col.975

Additional references

Bonaccorso, E., Peterson, A.T., Navarro‐Sigüenza, A.G. & Fleischer, R.C. 2010. Molecular systematics and evolution of Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 897–909. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.014 Reference page.
McCullough, J.M., Oliveros, C.H., Benz, B.W., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Andersen, M.J. 2022. Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides. Systematic Biology 71(6): 1423–1439 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 Reference page.
Chesser, R.T., et al. (2024). Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 141 (3): 1-21. (Calocitta and Psilorhinus merged into Cyanocorax).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Blauraben
English: South American Jays
Esperanto: Bluaj korvoj
español: Chara
فارسی: کبودجیجاق‌های غرابی
suomi: Loistonärhet
latviešu: Cekulsīļi
português: Gralhas
русский: Разноцветные сойки
中文: 蓝鸦属

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