Purplish Jay
Purplish Jay
Here the details of the Purplish Jay named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pica cyanomelas Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 26 p.127
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: purjay1
Type Locality: Paraguay; based on Azara no. 54, ''Urraca morada''.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
cyanomelaena / cyanomelana / cyanomelas
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; μελας melas, μελανος melanos, μελαινα melaina dark, black.
● ex “Urraca morada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 54 (Cyanocorax).
● ex “Fringilla caerulea, mento, gula, etc. nigris” of Koelreuter 1767 (syn. Dacnis cayana).
● ex “Promérops Namaquois” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 5 (Rhinopomastus).
● ex “Gobe Mouches Mantelé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 151 (Trochocercus).
● ex “Black and Blue Hummingbird” of Bancroft 1769, and “Crimson-headed Blue Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (unident.).
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)