Black-headed Jay
Garrulus lanceolatusVigors, NA, 1830
English (US) Black-headed Jay
The Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) 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: Himalayas (Afghanistan to northern India and central Nepal)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Garrulus lanceolatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Jay
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1830
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Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1830
- Type locality
- Himalayas, restricted to Simla- Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler (1924, Ibis, p. 471).
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.1 p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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