Magpie-jay
| Magpie-jays | |
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| White-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Calocitta G.R. Gray, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Pica formosa Swainson, 1827
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| Species | |
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The magpie-jays are a genus, Calocitta, of the family Corvidae (crow-like birds) native to the southern part of North America. Sometimes placed in the genus Cyanocorax. The two known species are known to form hybrids.
The genus was introduced in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa) as the type species.[1][2] The name Calocitta combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" and kitta meaning "jay".[3]
Species
The genus contains two species.[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Calocitta colliei | Black-throated magpie-jay | Mexico from southern Sonora south to Jalisco and northwestern Colima |
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Calocitta formosa | White-throated magpie-jay | South eastern Mexico, western Guatemala, and Costa Rica |
References
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1841). A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 50.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 228.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
