Cyanocorax Melanocyaneus Bird
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Cyanocorax Melanocyaneus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Garrulus (Cyanocorax) melanocyaneus Rev.Zool. 7 p.215
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: bucjay1
Type Locality: Guatemala.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CYANOCORAX
(Corvidae; Ϯ Plush-crested Jay C. chrysops) Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos raven, crow < κρωζω krōzō to croak; "XIX. Fam. Garrulidae. ... Cyanocorax: Corvus pileatus col. 57. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Cyanocorax Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 19, part 10, col. 975. Type, by monotypy, Corvus pileatus Temminck = Pica chrysops Vieillot." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 220) (see Cyanocitta).
Synon. Argurocitta, Calocitta, Cissilopha, Coronideus, Cyanocorvus, Cyanurus, Henocitta, Protocitta, Psilorhinus, Uroleuca, Xanthocitta, Xanthoura.
melanocyanea / melanocyaneus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy.
SUBSPECIES
Bushy-crested Jay (melanocyaneus)
Latin Name: Cyanocorax melanocyaneus melanocyaneus
melanocyanea / melanocyaneus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy.
Bushy-crested Jay (chavezi)
Latin Name: Cyanocorax melanocyaneus chavezi
chavezi
Diocletiano Chávez (1843-1936) Nicaraguan zoologist, collector, founder of Mus. Nacional, Managua (subsp. Cyanocorax melanocyaneus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
