Mexican Jay / Aphelocoma wollweberi
Mexican Jay
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aphelocoma wollweberi J.Orn. II. Jahrgang, VI. Heft, No. 12 p. LV-LVI (footnote)
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Aphelocoma
Taxonomy Code: mexjay4
Type Locality: Mexico; restricted by Pitelka (1951, Univ. California, Publ. ZooL, 50, p. 330) to Valparaiso Mountains, Zacatecas.
Author: Kaup
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
wollweberi
Wollweber (fl. 1850) German traveller, collector in Mexico for the Darmstadt Mus. (see Mearns & Mearns 1992) (Aphelocoma, Baeolophus).
SUBSPECIES
Mexican Jay (Arizona)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma wollweberi [wollweberi Group]
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
Mexican Jay (Couch's)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma wollweberi couchii
couchii
Maj.-Gen. Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) US Army 1846-1855, 1861-1865, explorer, collector in Mexico 1853-1854, businessman (subsp. Aphelocoma wollweberi, Tyrannus).
Mexican Jay (San Luis Potosi)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma wollweberi potosina
potosina / potosinus
San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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)