Mexican Jay
Aphelocoma wollweberiKaup, JJ, 1855
English (US) Mexican Jay
The Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi) 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 wollweberi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mexican Jay
- Described by
- Kaup, JJ, 1855
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Aphelocoma wollweberi arizonae
- Aphelocoma wollweberi wollweberi
- Aphelocoma wollweberi potosina
- Aphelocoma wollweberi couchii
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Kaup, JJ, 1855
- Type locality
- Mexico; restricted by Pitelka (1951, Univ. California, Publ. ZooL, 50, p. 330) to Valparaiso Mountains, Zacatecas.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 2, no.12, suppl. p.lv,footnote
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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