Black-throated Jay
Black-throated Jay
Here the details of the Black-throated Jay named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cyanocorax pumilo Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p."122-23" pl.33
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanolyca
Taxonomy Code: bltjay1
Type Locality: Guatemala.
Author: Strickland
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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).
pumilo
L. pumilo, pumilonis dwarf, pygmy < pumilus dwarf.
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)