UniColoured Jay
Aphelocoma unicolor(Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
English (US) Unicolored Jay
UK name: UniColoured Jay
The UniColoured Jay (Aphelocoma unicolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Aphelocoma unicolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Unicolored Jay
- English (UK)
- UniColoured Jay
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Aphelocoma unicolor guerrerensis
- Aphelocoma unicolor concolor
- Aphelocoma unicolor oaxacae
- Aphelocoma unicolor unicolor
- Aphelocoma unicolor griscomi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanocorax unicolor
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
- Type locality
- le Mexique; locality restricted by Brodkorb (1944, Auk, 61, p. 402) to San Cristobal [= Ciudad de Las Casas], Chiapas.
- Original description
- Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 14 pt2 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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