Transvolcanic Jay / Aphelocoma ultramarina
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Transvolcanic Jay
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Protonym: Corvus ultramarinus J.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 4 pt2 p.387
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Aphelocoma
Taxonomy Code: mexjay3
Type Locality: Mexico; restricted to Temascaltepec [State of Mexico] by van Rossem (1942, Auk, 59, p. 573).
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1825
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.
ultramarina / ultramarinus
Old Italian azzurro oltramarino azure from overseas, ultramarine, lapis lazuli < Med. L. ultramarinus beyond the sea < L. ultra beyond; marinus marine, of the sea < mare, maris sea.
● ex “Outre-mer” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ultra-marine Finch” of Latham 1783 (Vidua).
SUBSPECIES
Transvolcanic Jay (ultramarina)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma ultramarina ultramarina
ultramarina / ultramarinus
Old Italian azzurro oltramarino azure from overseas, ultramarine, lapis lazuli < Med. L. ultramarinus beyond the sea < L. ultra beyond; marinus marine, of the sea < mare, maris sea.
● ex “Outre-mer” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ultra-marine Finch” of Latham 1783 (Vidua).
Transvolcanic Jay (colimae)
SCI Name: Aphelocoma ultramarina colimae
colimae
Sierra Nevada de Colima, Jalisco, 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)
