Calocitta
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The magpie-jays are a genus
, Calocitta, of the family
Corvidae
(crow-like birds) native to the southern part of North America. The two known species
are known to form hybrids.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
, Calocitta, of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Corvidae
Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
(crow-like birds) native to the southern part of North America. The two known species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
are known to form hybrids.
Species
- Black-throated Magpie-JayBlack-throated Magpie-jayThe Black-throated Magpie-Jay is a strikingly long-tailed jay of northwestern Mexico.-Description:This species is 58.5 to 76.5 cm long, more than half of which is the tail, and weight is 225-251 grams...
, Calocitta colliei - White-throated Magpie-JayWhite-throated Magpie-jayThe White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa, is a large Central American jay species. It ranges in Pacific-slope thornforest from Jalisco, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Magpie-jays are noisy, gregarious birds, often traveling in easy-to-find flocks, mobbing their...
, Calocitta formosa