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The black-throated magpie-jay was formally described in 1829 by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors from a specimen collected at San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico.The specimen had been obtained by members of an expedition to explore the western coast of North America captained by Frederick William Beechey on HMS Blossom.
Black-throated magpie-jay: west Mexico Cyanocorax formosus: White-throated magpie-jay: southwest Mexico to Costa Rica C.morio lineage (Psilorhinus): Caribbean Central America Cyanocorax morio: Brown jay: widespread in eastern Mexico and Central America, also in south Texas C.cyanomelas group (Uroleuca): South America Cyanocorax caeruleus
The white-throated magpie-jay and the black-throated magpie-jay were formerly placed in their own genus Calocitta. When molecular phylogenetic studies found that the genus Cyanocorax was paraphyletic relative to Calocitta, [4] [5] the two species were subsumed into Cyanocorax to resolve the paraphyly. [6] [7] Three subspecies are recognised: [6]
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The black-headed jay or lanceolated jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) is roughly the same size as its close relative the Eurasian jay, but a little more slender overall except for the bill which is slightly shorter and thicker. The top of the head is black and it has a more obvious crest too and a longer tail.
The Yucatan jay is visually unique within its range, with no similar species. Outside of its range, it is similar to the San Blas jay, the purplish-backed jay, and the bushy-crested jay. All three have a yellow iris whereas the Yucatan jay has a black iris, and are a brighter shade of blue on their upperparts. [18] [10]
The black-throated jay (Cyanolyca pumilo) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras. Its natural habitat is ...
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) as the type species. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".