Biology:Cyanolyca
Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Cyanolyca was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek κυανος/ kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with λυκος/lukos, a type of crow, perhaps the jackdaw, that was mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius of Alexandria.[3] Cabanis did not specify a type species but in 1855 George Gray designated the type as Cyanocorax armillatus Gray, 1845, the black-collared jay.[4][5]
Species
The genus contains nine species.[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-throated jay | Cyanolyca mirabilis | 120px | |
| 120px | Dwarf jay | Cyanolyca nanus | 120px |
| 120px | Black-throated jay | Cyanolyca pumilo | 120px |
| 120px | Silvery-throated jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | 120px |
| 120px | Azure-hooded jay | Cyanolyca cucullata | 120px |
| 120px | Beautiful jay | Cyanolyca pulchra | 120px |
| 120px | Black-collared jay | Cyanolyca armillata | 120px |
| 120px | Turquoise jay | Cyanolyca turcosa | 120px |
| 120px | White-collared jay | Cyanolyca viridicyanus | 120px |
References
- ↑ Howell, Steve N.G.; Sophie Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 0-19-854012-4.
- ↑ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851) (in German, Latin). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 223. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49584602. For the publication date of volume 1 see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. pp. 80-81. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267763194.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Cyanolyca". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Cyanolyca.
- ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 62. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136701.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50598.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/.
External links
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