Azure-naped Jay / Cyanocorax heilprini
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Azure-naped Jay
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Protonym: Cyanocorax heilprini Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 37 p.90
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Cyanocorax
Taxonomy Code: aznjay1
Type Locality: Rio Negro.
Author: Gentry
Publish Year: 1885
IUCN Status:
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.
heilprini
Prof. Ansil (later Angelo) Heilprin (1853-1907) Hungarian/US palaeontologist, explorer, naturalist (Cyanocorax).
SUBSPECIES
Azure-naped Jay (Azure-naped)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax heilprini heilprini
heilprini
Prof. Ansil (later Angelo) Heilprin (1853-1907) Hungarian/US palaeontologist, explorer, naturalist (Cyanocorax).
Azure-naped Jay (Campina)
SCI Name: Cyanocorax heilprini hafferi
hafferi
Dr Jürgen Haffer (1932-2010) German geologist, palaeontologist, ornithologist (Cyanocorax).
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)
