Dwarf Jay

Dwarf Jay: Dwarf Jay

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae

Genus: Cyanolyca

Species: C. nana

Binomial name

Cyanolyca nana
(Du Bus & Gisignies, 1847)

The Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nana) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

BirdLife International 2005. Cyanolyca nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

v · d · eExtant species of family Corvidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Aves · Subclass: Neornithes · Superorder: Neognathae · Order: Passeriformes

Family Corvidae

Choughs

Pyrrhocorax

Alpine Chough (P. graculus) · Red-billed Chough (P. pyrrhocorax)

Treepies

Crypsirina

Hooded Treepie (C. cucullata) · Black Racket-tailed Treepie (C. temia)

Dendrocitta

Andaman Treepie (D. bayleyi) · Bornean Treepie (D. cinerascens) · Grey Treepie (D. formosae) · Black-faced Treepie (D. frontalis) · White-bellied Treepie (D. leucogastra) · Sunda Treepie (D. occipitalis) · Rufous Treepie (D. vagabunda)

Platysmurus

Black Magpie (P. leucopterus)

Temnurus

Ratchet-tailed Treepie (T. temnurus)

Oriental
magpies

Cissa

Green Magpie (C. chinensis) · Yellow-breasted Magpie (C. hypoleuca) · Short-tailed Magpie (C. thalassina)

Urocissa

Formosan Blue Magpie (U. caerulea) · Red-billed Blue Magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) · Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (U. flavirostris) · Sri Lanka Blue Magpie (U. ornata) · White-winged Magpie (U. whiteheadi)

Old World jays

Garrulus

Eurasian Jay (G. glandarius) · Lanceolated Jay (G. lanceolatus) · Lidth's Jay (G. lidthi)

Podoces
(Ground jays)

Biddulph's Ground Jay (P. biddulphi) · Henderson's Ground Jay (P. hendersoni) · Pander's Ground Jay (P. panderi) · Persian Ground Jay (P. pleskei)

Ptilostomus

Piapiac (P. afer)

Stresemann's
Bushcrow

Zavattariornis

Stresemann's Bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)

Family Corvidae (Cont.)

Nutcrackers

Nucifraga

Spotted Nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) · Clark's Nutcracker (N. columbiana)

Holarctic
magpies

Pica

Black-billed Magpie (P. hudsonia) · Yellow-billed Magpie (P. nuttalli) · European Magpie (P. pica) · Korean Magpie (P. sericea)

True crows
(crows, ravens,
jackdaws and rooks)

Corvus

Australian and Melanesian species: Little Crow (C. bennetti) · Australian Raven (C. coronoides) · Bismarck Crow (C. insularis) · Brown-headed Crow (C. fuscicapillus) · Bougainville Crow (C. meeki) · Little Raven (C. mellori) · New Caledonian Crow (C. moneduloides) · Torresian Crow (C. orru) · Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus) · Grey Crow (C. tristis) · Long-billed Crow (C. validus) · White-billed Crow (C. woodfordi)
Pacific island species: Hawaiian Crow (C. hawaiiensis) · Mariana Crow (C. kubaryi)
Tropical Asian species: Daurian Jackdaw (C. dauuricus) · Slender-billed Crow (C. enca) · Flores Crow (C. florensis) · Jungle Crow (C. macrorhynchos) · House Crow (C. splendens) · Collared Crow (C. torquatus) · Piping Crow (C. typicus) · Banggai Crow (C. unicolor)
Eurasian and North African species: Mesopotamian Crow (C. capellanus) · Hooded Crow (C. cornix) · Carrion Crow (C. corone) · Rook (C. frugilegus) · Jackdaw (C. monedula ) · Corvidae (Cont.)

Azure-winged
Magpie

Cyanopica

Azure-winged Magpie (C. cyana)

Grey jays

Perisoreus

Gray Jay (P. canadensis) · Siberian Jay (P. infaustus) · Sichuan Jay (P. internigrans)

New World jays

Aphelocoma
(Scrub jays)

Western Scrub Jay (A. californica) · Florida Scrub Jay (A. coerulescens) · Island Scrub Jay (A. insularis) · Mexican Jay (A. ultramarina) · Unicolored Jay (A. unicolor)

Calocitta
(Magpie-Jays)

Black-throated Magpie-Jay (C. colliei) · White-throated Magpie-Jay (C. formosa)

Cyanocitta

Blue Jay (C. cristata) · Steller's Jay (C. stelleri)

Cyanocorax

Black-chested Jay (C. affinis) · Purplish-backed Jay (C. beecheii) · Azure Jay (C. caeruleus) · Cayenne Jay (C. cayanus) · Plush-crested Jay (C. chrysops) · Curl-crested Jay (C. cristatellus) · Purplish Jay (C. cyanomelas) · White-naped Jay (C. cyanopogon) · Tufted Jay (C. dickeyi) · Azure-naped Jay (C. heilprini) · Bushy-crested Jay (C. melanocyaneus) · Brown Jay (C. morio) · White-tailed Jay (C. mystacalis) · San Blas Jay (C. sanblasianus) · Violaceous Jay (C. violaceus) · Green Jay (C. ynca) · Yucatan Jay (C. yucatanicus)

Cyanolyca

Silvery-throated Jay (C. argentigula) · Black-collared Jay (C. armillata) · Azure-hooded Jay (C. cucullata) · White-throated Jay (C. mirabilis) · Dwarf Jay (C. nana) · Beautiful Jay (C. pulchra) · Black-throated Jay (C. pumilo) · Turquoise Jay (C. turcosa) · White-collared Jay (C. viridicyana)

Gymnorhinus

Pinyon Jay (G. cyanocephalus)

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Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanolyca
Species:	C. nana
Binomial name
*Cyanolyca nana* (Du Bus & Gisignies, 1847)

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