Cyanocitta Strickland 1845 (jay)

Aves - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Parent taxon: Corvidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Eshelman et al. 2025, Hay 1930, Parmalee 1992, Parmalee and Klippel 1982, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962

Sister taxa: Aphelocoma, Corvinae, Corvus, Cyanopica, Garrulinae, Garrulus, Gymnorhinus, Miocitta, Miocorvus, Nucifraga, Palaeocorax, Perisoreus, Pica, Protocitta, Pyrrhocorax

Subtaxa: Cyanocitta cristata Cyanocitta stelleri

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Type: Corvus cristatus

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (15: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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