Cyanocorax

Belongs within: Corvidae.

Cyanocorax is a Neotropical genus of relatively heavy-bodied jays that are commonly patterned in black and blue.

<==Cyanocorax Boie 1826 [Cyanocoracidae]B94
    |  i. s.: C. luxuosusJT12
    |--+--+--C. violaceusBKB15
    |  |  `--+--C. cristatellusBKB15
    |  |     `--C. cyanomelasBKB15
    |  `--+--+--C. caeruleusBKB15
    |     |  `--C. morioJT12 [=Psilorhinus morioBKB15]
    |     `--CalocittaBKB15
    |          |--C. collieiBKB15
    |          `--C. formosaBKB15
    |               |--C. f. formosaFS55
    |               `--C. f. pompataFS55
    `--+--C. mystacalisBKB15
       `--+--C. yncasBKB15
          `--+--+--C. melanocyaneusBKB15
             |  `--+--C. yucatanicusBKB15
             |     `--+--C. beecheiiBKB15
             |        `--C. sanblasianusBKB15
             `--+--C. dickeyiBKB15
                `--+--+--C. affinisBKB15
                   |  |    |--C. a. affinisS18
                   |  |    `--C. a. zeledoniS18
                   |  `--C. heilpriniBKB15
                   `--+--C. cayanusBKB15
                      `--+--C. chrysopsBKB15
                         `--C. cyanopogonBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.