Curl-crested Jay / Cyanocorax cristatellus
WBN 
Curl-crested Jay
SCI Name:
Protonym: Corvus cristatellus Pl.Col. livr.33 pl.193
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: cucjay1
Type Locality: Bresil.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1823
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.
cristatellus
Mod. L. cristatella little crested < dim. L. cristatus crested, plumed < crista crest, plume.
● "50. GRACULA. ... cristatella. 4. G. nigra, remigibus primoribus basi rectricibusque apice albis, rostro flavo. Sturnus chinensis niger. Edw. av. 19. t. 19. Habitat in China." (Linnaeus 1758) (Acridotheres).
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)
