Dwarf Jay
Cyanolyca nanus(Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
English (US) Dwarf Jay
The Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus) 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.
Range: oak-pine forest of southwestern Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanolyca nanus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Dwarf Jay
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanocorax nanus
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
- Type locality
- Le Mexique [= Mexico].
- 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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