Perisoreus | |
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Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: |
Perisoreus Bonaparte, 1831 |
Type species | |
Corvus canadensis
[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
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The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Sichuan of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae. Species of Perisoreus jays are most closely related to the genus Cyanopica. [2]
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Canada jay. [4] The name of the genus may come from the Ancient Greek perisōreuō "to heap up" or "bury beneath". Alternatively it may be from the Latin peri- "very" or "exceedingly" and sorix, a bird of augury dedicated to Saturn. [5]
The genus contains three species. [6]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Canada jay |
Perisoreus canadensis ( Linnaeus, 1766) Nine subspecies
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North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Siberian jay |
Perisoreus infaustus ( Linnaeus, 1758) |
north Eurasia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Sichuan jay |
Perisoreus internigrans ( Thayer & Bangs, 1912) |
China | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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Perisoreus | |
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Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: |
Perisoreus Bonaparte, 1831 |
Type species | |
Corvus canadensis
[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
|
The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Sichuan of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae. Species of Perisoreus jays are most closely related to the genus Cyanopica. [2]
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Canada jay. [4] The name of the genus may come from the Ancient Greek perisōreuō "to heap up" or "bury beneath". Alternatively it may be from the Latin peri- "very" or "exceedingly" and sorix, a bird of augury dedicated to Saturn. [5]
The genus contains three species. [6]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Canada jay |
Perisoreus canadensis ( Linnaeus, 1766) Nine subspecies
|
North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Siberian jay |
Perisoreus infaustus ( Linnaeus, 1758) |
north Eurasia![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Sichuan jay |
Perisoreus internigrans ( Thayer & Bangs, 1912) |
China | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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