Cayenne Jay
Cayenne Jay
Here the details of the Cayenne Jay named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Corvus cayanus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.157
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: cayjay1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
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.
cayana / cayanensis / cayanna / cayanus
Cayenne or French Guiana. In early ornithology “Cayenne” was often used of species of uncertain provenance presumed to be from Amazonia.
● ex “Gros-bec de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Caryothraustes canadensis).
● ex “Cotinga de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Cotinga).
● ex “Grimpereau verd de Cayenne” (♂= ♀) of Brisson 1760 (syn. Cyanerpes caeruleus).
● ex “Grimpereau verd de Cayenne” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (syn. Cyanerpes cyaneus).
● ex “Geay de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Cyanocorax).
● ex “Blue Manakin” of Edwards 1751, and “Pipit bleu de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Dacnis).
● ex “Tangara noir de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Euphonia cayennensis).
● ex “Têtema de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 821 (syn. Formicarius colma).
● Erroneous TL. St Thomas (= Cayenne); ex “Carouge de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760, and “Yellow-wing’d Pye” of Edwards 1764 (Icterus).
● ex “Petit autour de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 473, and “Cayenne Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Leptodon).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Myiozetetes).
● ex “Bihoreau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 899, and de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Nyctanassa violacea).
● ex “Coucou de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Piaya).
● Erroneous TL. Cayenne (= ?Chile); ex “Grèbe de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 404, fig. 1, and “Grand Grèbe” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Podiceps major).
● ex “Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 368 (syn. Rufirallus viridis).
● ex “Coq-de-Roche” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 39 (syn. Rupicola rupicola).
● ex “Griverd de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 616, “Grivert” or “Rolle de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Cayenne Roller” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Saltator maximus).
● ex "Tangara verd de Cayenne" of Brisson 1760 (Tangara).
● ex “Cayenna Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Thalasseus maximus).
● ex “Pie-griesche grise de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Tityra).
● ex “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex "Pluvier armé de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 833, and de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vanellus).
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)