Tufted Jay / Cyanocorax dickeyi
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Tufted Jay
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Protonym: Cyanocorax dickeyi Auk 52 p.275
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: tufjay1
Type Locality: Rancho Batel, 5 miles NE. of Santa Lucia, Sinaloa, Mexico (altitude 5,200 ft.).
Author: Moore, RT
Publish Year: 1935
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
dickeyi
Donald Ryder Dickey (1887-1932) US zoologist, collector, pioneer wildlife photographer and film-maker (‡Branta, subsp. Colinus leucopogon, Cyanocorax, subsp. Egretta rufescens, syn. Eumomota superciliosa apiaster, syn. Penelopina nigra, subsp. Phalaenoptilus nuttallii).
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)
