Cyanocoracinae

Cyanocoracinae
A black-chested jay
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Subfamily: Cyanocoracinae
Kaup, 1855[1]
Genus

Cyanocoracinae (the New World jay subfamily) is one of the six subfamilies of the crow family Corvidae.[2][3] It is composed of 5 genera totalling 39 species.

Cyanolyca (9 species)

Cyanocorax (20 species)

Aphelocoma (7 species)

Gymnorhinus (1 species)

Cyanocitta (2 species)

References

  1. ^ Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft; Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft; Allgemeine Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft (1853). Journal für Ornithologie. Vol. 1. Friedländer.
  2. ^ "The World Birds: Jays (Corvidae)". theworldbirds.org. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
  3. ^ Monteros, Alejandro; Cracraft, Joel (1997-05-01). "Intergeneric Relationships of the New World Jays Inferred from Cytochrome B Gene Sequences". Condor. 99 (2).