Bushy-crested Jay

SCI Name:  Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
Protonym:  Garrulus (Cyanocorax) melanocyaneus Rev.Zool. 7 p.215
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code:  bucjay1
Type Locality:  Guatemala.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1844
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.

melanocyanea / melanocyaneus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.

SUBSPECIES

Bushy-crested Jay (melanocyaneus)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax melanocyaneus melanocyaneus
melanocyanea / melanocyaneus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; κυανεος kuaneos  dark-blue, glossy.

Bushy-crested Jay (chavezi)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax melanocyaneus chavezi
chavezi
Diocletiano Chávez (1843-1936) Nicaraguan zoologist, collector, founder of Mus. Nacional, Managua (subsp. Cyanocorax melanocyaneus).