Perisoreus
Genus of birds
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The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Sichuan of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae. Species of Perisoreus jays are most closely related to the genus Cyanopica.[2]
| Perisoreus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Subfamily: | Perisoreinae |
| Genus: | Perisoreus Bonaparte, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Corvus canadensis[1] Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Canada jay.[4] The name of the genus may come from the Ancient Greek perisōreuō "to heap up" or "bury beneath". Alternatively it may be from the Latin peri- "very" or "exceedingly" and sorix, a bird of augury dedicated to Saturn.[5]
Species
The genus contains three species.[6]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada jay
|
Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Nine subspecies
|
North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Siberian jay
|
Perisoreus infaustus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
north Eurasia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Sichuan jay
|
Perisoreus internigrans (Thayer & Bangs, 1912) |
China | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
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