Aphelocoma Ultramarina Bird

Aphelocoma Ultramarina Bird

Aphelocoma Ultramarina Bird

English Name:  Transvolcanic Jay
Latin Name:  Aphelocoma ultramarina
Protonym:  Corvus ultramarinus J.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 4 pt2 p.387
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Aphelocoma
Taxonomy Code:  mexjay3
Type Locality:  Mexico; restricted to Temascaltepec [State of Mexico] by van Rossem (1942, Auk, 59, p. 573).
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs  smooth, sleek, simple  < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus  stony ground; κομη komē  hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden:  Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen.  (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.)  1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl.  —  2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws.   3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. —  4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.

ultramarina / ultramarinus
Old Italian azzurro oltramarino  azure from overseas, ultramarine, lapis lazuli  < Med. L. ultramarinus  beyond the sea  < L. ultra  beyond; marinus  marine, of the sea  < mare, maris  sea.
● ex “Outre-mer” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ultra-marine Finch” of Latham 1783 (Vidua).

SUBSPECIES

Transvolcanic Jay (ultramarina)
Latin Name: Aphelocoma ultramarina ultramarina
ultramarina / ultramarinus
Old Italian azzurro oltramarino  azure from overseas, ultramarine, lapis lazuli  < Med. L. ultramarinus  beyond the sea  < L. ultra  beyond; marinus  marine, of the sea  < mare, maris  sea.
● ex “Outre-mer” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ultra-marine Finch” of Latham 1783 (Vidua).

Transvolcanic Jay (colimae)
Latin Name: Aphelocoma ultramarina colimae
colimae
Sierra Nevada de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico.