Calocitta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Passerea Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Cladus: Eufalconimorphae Cladus: Psittacopasseres Ordo: Passeriformes Cladus: Eupasseres Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvides Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Corvidae
Genus: Calocitta
Species: C. colliei – C. formosa – transferred to Cyanocorax

Name

Calocitta G.R. Gray, 1841

• Typus: Pica formosa Swainson, 1827 = Cyanocorax formosus
• Status:   invalid   — This taxon name is a synonym of Cyanocorax

References

Primary references

• Gray, G.R. 1841. A list of the genera of birds: with their synonyma and an indication of the typical species of each genus. 2nd edition, revised, augmented and accompanied with an index. 115 pp. + Appendix. Richard and John Taylor (London). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14202 Reference page.  50 BHL.

Additional references

• Bonaccorso, E., Peterson, A.T., Navarro‐Sigüenza, A.G. & Fleischer, R.C. 2010. Molecular systematics and evolution of Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 897–909. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.014 Reference page. 
• McCullough, J.M., Oliveros, C.H., Benz, B.W., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Cracraft, J., Moyle, R.G. & Andersen, M.J. 2022. Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides. Systematic Biology 71(6): 1423–1439 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Magpie-jay
• Esperanto: Pigogaroloj
• فارسی: جیجاق‌های پیسه
• suomi: Töyhtöharakat
• latviešu: Žagatsīļi
• русский: Сорочьи сойки
• svenska: Skatskrikor
• українська: Строката сойка
• 中文: 鹊鸦属

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