Cyanocitta

Genus of birds

Cyanocitta

C. cristata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanocitta Strickland, 1845
Type species
Corvus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Cyanocitta cristata Cyanocitta stelleri

Distribution of the Cyanocitta jays in North America. Red: Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), black: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Dotted line: irregular wintering, dashed line: irregular breeding.

Cyanocitta is a genus of birds in the family Corvidae, a family which contains the crows, jays and magpies. Established by Hugh Edwin Strickland in 1845, it contains the following species:^[1]

Genus **Cyanocitta** – Strickland, 1845 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Blue jay	Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) Four subspecies C. c. bromia C. c. cristata C. c. cyanotephra C. c. semplei	eastern and central United States, Newfoundland, Canada^[2]	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Steller's jay	Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Thirteen subspecies C. s. stelleri (Gmelin, JF, 1788) C. s. carlottae Osgood, 1901 C. s. frontalis (Ridgway, 1873) C. s. carbonacea Grinnell, 1900 C. s. annectens (Baird, SF, 1874) C. s. macrolopha Baird, SF, 1854 C. s. diademata (Bonaparte, 1850) C. s. phillipsi Browning, 1993 C. s. azteca Ridgway, 1899 C. s. coronata (Swainson, 1827) C. s. purpurea Aldrich, 1944 C. s. restricta Phillips, AR, 1966 C. s. suavis Miller, W & Griscom, 1925	west of the Rocky Mountains	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

The name Cyanocitta is a combination of the Greek words kuanos, meaning "dark blue", and kitta, meaning "jay".^[3]

References

^ "ITIS Report: Cyanocitta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ Smith, Kimberley G.; Tarvin, Kevin A.; Woolfenden, Glen E. (2013-12-04). Poole, A. F. (ed.). "Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)". The Birds of North America Online. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bna.469. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

External links

Media related to Cyanocitta at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cyanocitta at Wikispecies

Extant species of family Corvidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Superorder: Neognathae
Order: Passeriformes

Family Corvidae

Choughs

Pyrrhocorax	Alpine chough (P. graculus) Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax)

Treepies

Crypsirina	Hooded treepie (C. cucullata) Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia)
Dendrocitta	Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi) Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) Grey treepie (D. formosae) Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis) White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra) Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis) Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda)
Platysmurus	Malayan black magpie (P. leucopterus) Bornean black magpie (P. aterrimus)
Temnurus	Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus)

Oriental
magpies

Cissa	Common green magpie (C. chinensis) Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca) Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi) Javan green magpie (C. thalassina)
Urocissa	Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea) Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris) Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata) White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi)

Old World jays

Garrulus	Eurasian jay (G. glandarius) Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus) Lidth's jay (G. lidthi)
Podoces (Ground jays)	Xinjiang ground jay (P. biddulphi) Mongolian ground jay (P. hendersoni) Turkestan ground jay (P. panderi) Iranian ground jay (P. pleskei)
Ptilostomus	Piapiac (P. afer)

Stresemann's
bushcrow

Zavattariornis	Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)

Family Corvidae (continued)

Nutcrackers

Nucifraga	Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana) Kashmir nutcracker (N. multipunctata)

Holarctic
magpies

Pica	Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia) Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli) Eurasian magpie (P. pica) Oriental magpie (P. sericea) Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica) Asir magpie (P. asirensis) Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis)

True crows

Corvus

Australian and Melanesian species: Little crow (C. bennetti); Australian raven (C. coronoides); Bismarck crow (C. insularis); Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus); Bougainville crow (C. meeki); Little raven (C. mellori); New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides); Torresian crow (C. orru); Forest raven (C. tasmanicus); Grey crow (C. tristis); Long-billed crow (C. validus); White-billed crow (C. woodfordi)

Pacific island species: Hawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis); Mariana crow (C. kubaryi)

Tropical Asian species: Slender-billed crow (C. enca); Small crow (C. samarensis); Palawan crow (C. pusillus); Flores crow (C. florensis); Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos); Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii); Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus); House crow (C. splendens); Collared crow (C. torquatus); Piping crow (C. typicus); Banggai crow (C. unicolor); Violet crow (C. violaceus)

Eurasian and North African species: Mesopotamian crow (C. capellanus); Hooded crow (C. cornix); Carrion crow (C. corone); Rook (C. frugilegus); Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis); Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus); Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis)

Holarctic species: Common raven (C. corax)

North and Central American species: American crow (C. brachyrhynchos); Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus); Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus); Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis); White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus); Cuban palm crow (C. minutus); Cuban crow (C. nasicus); Fish crow (C. ossifragus); Hispaniolan palm crow (C. palmarum); Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae)

Tropical African species: White-necked raven (C. albicollis); Pied crow (C. albus); Cape crow (C. capensis); Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris); Somali crow (C. edithae)

Jackdaws

Coloeus	Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus) Western jackdaw (C. monedula)

Family Corvidae (continued)

Azure-winged
magpies

Cyanopica	Iberian magpie (C. cooki) Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus)

Grey jays

Perisoreus	Canada jay (P. canadensis) Siberian jay (P. infaustus) Sichuan jay (P. internigrans)

New World jays

Aphelocoma (Scrub jays)	California scrub jay (A. californica) Island scrub jay (A. insularis) Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii) Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens) Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina) Unicolored jay (A. unicolor) Mexican jay (A. wollweberi)
Calocitta (Magpie-Jays)	Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei) White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa)
Cyanocitta	Blue jay (C. cristata) Steller's jay (C. stelleri)
Cyanocorax	Black-chested jay (C. affinis) Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii) Azure jay (C. caeruleus) Cayenne jay (C. cayanus) Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops) Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus) Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas) White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon) Tufted jay (C. dickeyi) Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini) Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus) Brown jay (C. morio) White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis) San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus) Violaceous jay (C. violaceus) Green jay (C. ynca) Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus)
Cyanolyca	Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula) Black-collared jay (C. armillata) Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata) White-throated jay (C. mirabilis) Dwarf jay (C. nana) Beautiful jay (C. pulchra) Black-throated jay (C. pumilo) Turquoise jay (C. turcosa) White-collared jay (C. viridicyana)
Gymnorhinus	Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus)

Genera of corvides and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Corvides

Corvides

Campephagidae	Campephaga Campochaera Ceblepyris Celebesica Coracina Cyanograucalus Edolisoma Lalage Lobotos Malindangia Pericrocotus
Cinclosomatidae	Cinclosoma Ptilorrhoa
Eulacestomatidae	Eulacestoma
Falcunculidae	Falcunculus
Mohouidae	Mohoua
Neosittidae	Daphoenositta
Oreoicidae	Aleadryas Oreoica Ornorectes
Oriolidae	†Longmornis Oriolus Pitohui Sphecotheres †Turnagra
Pachycephalidae	Colluricincla Coracornis Melanorectes Pachycephala Pseudorectes
Paramythiidae	Oreocharis Paramythia
Psophodidae	Androphobus Psophodes
Malaconotoidea	See below ↓
Corvoidea	See below ↓

Malaconotoidea

Aegithinidae

Aegithina

Artamidae

Artaminae	Artamus
Craticinae	Cracticus Gymnorhina †Kurrartapu Melloria Strepera
Peltopsinae	Peltops

Machaerirhynchidae

Machaerirhynchus

Malaconotidae

Pityriasidae

Pityriasis

Platysteiridae

Batis
Lanioturdus
Platysteira

Rhagologidae

Rhagologus

Vangidae

Corvoidea

Corcoracidae

Corcorax
Struthidea

Corvidae

Aphelocoma
Calocitta
Cissa
Corvus
Crypsirina
Cyanocitta
Cyanocorax
Cyanolyca
Cyanopica
Dendrocitta
Garrulus
Gymnorhinus
†Henocitta
†Miocitta
†Miocorvus
†Miopica
Nucifraga
Perisoreus
Pica
Platysmurus
Podoces
†Protocitta
Psilorhinus
Ptilostomus
Pyrrhocorax
Temnurus
Urocissa
Zavattariornis

Dicruridae

Dicrurus

Ifritidae

Ifrita

Laniidae

Eurocephalus
Lanius

Melampittidae

Megalampitta
Melampitta

Monarchidae

Monarchinae	Arses Carterornis Chasiempis Clytorhynchus Grallina Mayrornis Metabolus Monarcha Myiagra Neolalage Pomarea Symposiachrus
Terpsiphoninae	Hypothymis Terpsiphone Trochocercus

Paradisaeidae

Platylophidae

Platylophus

Rhipiduridae

Lamproliinae	Chaetorhynchus Eutrichomyias Lamprolia
Rhipidurinae	Rhipidura

Vireonidae

Taxon identifiers
Cyanocitta	Wikidata: Q826027 Wikispecies: Cyanocitta ADW: Cyanocitta BOLD: 4688 CoL: 3XNL EPPO: 1CYNCG GBIF: 2482592 iNaturalist: 8228 IRMNG: 1301526 ITIS: 179679 NBN: NHMSYS0020930130 NCBI: 28726 Open Tree of Life: 30735 Paleobiology Database: 129836