Cyanolyca Viridicyanus Bird
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Cyanolyca Viridicyanus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Garrulus viridi-cyanus Mag.Zool. 8 cl.2 p.9
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanolyca
Taxonomy Code: whcjay2
Type Locality: Yungas, Bolivia [type specimen from ''La Paz].
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CYANOLYCA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Black-collared Jay C. armillata) Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; λυκος lukos type of crow, perhaps the Jackdaw, mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius.; "Gen. Cyanolyca nov. gen. *) Dohlenheher. Cyanocitta Bonap. nec Strickl. 1031. 1. C. armillata Nob. — Cyanocorax armillatus Gray Gen. B. No. 21. tab. 74. Cyanurus nigritorques Lafr.? ... 1032. 2. C. ornata Nob. — Pica ornata Less. Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 41. — Cyanocorax ornata Gray Gen. B. No. 19. — Corvus cyanicollis Licht. Bonap. Consp. p. 379. No. 13. ... *) Von κυανεος, blau und λίκος [sic], Dohle. — Die Gruppe weicht von den vorhergehenden [Dolometis] durch stärkern Schnabel, bürstenartige Stirnfedern u.s.w. ab, und nähert sich den folgenden Gruppen [Xanthocitta]. Hierher ferner: 1. Cyanolyca viridicyana. — Garrulus viridicyanus Orb. Lafr. — 2. C. Beachii — Garrulus Beachii Vig. — 3. C. melanocyanea. — Garrulus melanocyaneus Hartl." (Cabanis 1853); "Cyanolyca Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 223. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 62), Cyanocorax armillatus Gray." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 216).
viridicyana / viridicyaneus / viridicyanus
L. viridis green < virere to be green; cyaneus dark-blue < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy.
SUBSPECIES
White-collared Jay (jolyaea)
Latin Name: Cyanolyca viridicyanus jolyaea
jolyaea
Prof. Nicolas Joly (1812-1885) French zoologist, anatomist (subsp. Cyanolyca viridicyanus).
White-collared Jay (cyanolaema)
Latin Name: Cyanolyca viridicyanus cyanolaema
cyanolaema
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; λαιμος laimos throat.
White-collared Jay (viridicyanus)
Latin Name: Cyanolyca viridicyanus viridicyanus
viridicyana / viridicyaneus / viridicyanus
L. viridis green < virere to be green; cyaneus dark-blue < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy.
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)
