Magpie-jay

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Magpie-jays
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White-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Calocitta
G.R. Gray, 1841
Type species
Pica formosa
Swainson, 1827
Species
  • Calocitta colliei
  • Calocitta formosa

The magpie-jays are a genus, Calocitta, of the family Corvidae (crow-like birds) native to the southern part of North America. Sometimes placed in the genus Cyanocorax . The two known species are known to form hybrids.

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The genus was introduced in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa) as the type species. [1] [2] The name Calocitta combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" and kitta meaning "jay". [3]

Species

The genus contains two species. [4]

Genus Calocitta G.R. Gray, 1841 – two species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Black-throated magpie-jay

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Calocitta colliei
(Vigors, 1829)
Mexico from southern Sonora south to Jalisco and northwestern Colima
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Size: 58.5 to 76.5 cm (23.0 to 30.1 in) long, more than half of which is the tail, and weight is 225–251 g (7.9–8.9 oz). [5]

Habitat:

Diet:
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White-throated magpie-jay

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Calocitta formosa
(Swainson, 1827)
Southeastern Mexico, western Guatemala, and Costa Rica
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Size: 43 and 56 cm (17–22 in) in length and weighs 205 to 213 g (7.2–7.5 oz) [6]

Habitat:

Diet:
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References

  1. Gray, George Robert (1841). A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 50.
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 228.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 85. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Crows, mudnesters, birds-of-paradise". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Black-Throated Magpie Jay Attraction | Central Florida Zoo Animals". Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  6. Marzluff, John (2009). "Family Corvidae (Crows)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 587. ISBN   978-84-96553-50-7.