Yucatan Jay

Yucatan Jay / Cyanocorax yucatanicus

Yucatan Jay

Here the details of the Yucatan Jay named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Protonym:  Cyanocitta yucatanica Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Lettr.Beaux-ArtsBelg.(2), 40 p.797
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae /
Taxonomy Code:  yucjay1
Type Locality:  Yucatan.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CYANOCORAX
(Corvidae; Ϯ Plush-crested Jay C. chrysops) Gr. κυανος kuanos   dark-blue; κοραξ korax, κορακος korakos  raven, crow  < κρωζω krōzō  to croak; "XIX. Fam. Garrulidae.  ...  Cyanocorax: Corvus pileatus  col. 57. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); "Cyanocorax Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, 19, part 10, col. 975. Type, by monotypy, Corvus pileatus Temminck = Pica chrysops Vieillot." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 220) (see Cyanocitta).
Synon. Argurocitta, Calocitta, Cissilopha, Coronideus, Cyanocorvus, Cyanurus, Henocitta, Protocitta, Psilorhinus, Uroleuca, Xanthocitta, Xanthoura.

yucatanensis / yucatanica / yucatanicus
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico/Guatemala.

SUBSPECIES

Yucatan Jay (yucatanicus)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax yucatanicus yucatanicus
yucatanensis / yucatanica / yucatanicus
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico/Guatemala.

Yucatan Jay (rivularis)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax yucatanicus rivularis
rivularis
L. rivularis  of a brook  < rivulus  small brook, rivulet  < dim. rivus  stream.