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Aphelocoma unicolor (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 558706

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Cyanocorax unicolor Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847
	Common Name(s):	Unicolored Jay [English]
		Geai unicolore [French]
		gaio-unicolor [Portuguese]
		Chara unicolor [Spanish]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Corvidae Leach, 1820 – crows, jays, magpies, corneilles, geais, pies
	Genus	Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 – Scrub Jays
	Species	Aphelocoma unicolor (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) – Unicolored Jay, Geai unicolore, gaio-unicolor, Chara unicolor
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Aphelocoma unicolor concolor (Cassin, 1848)
	Subspecies	Aphelocoma unicolor griscomi Van Rossem, 1928
	Subspecies	Aphelocoma unicolor guerrerensis Nelson, 1903
	Subspecies	Aphelocoma unicolor oaxacae Pitelka, 1946
	Subspecies	Aphelocoma unicolor unicolor (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Aphelocoma unicolor

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/
	Reference for:	Aphelocoma unicolor, Unicolored Jay [English]

	Source:	IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1
	Reference for:	Aphelocoma unicolor, Unicolored Jay [English]

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright
	Publication Date:	2006
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
	Page(s):	ix + 259
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-12827-8
	Notes:	Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset
	Reference for:	Aphelocoma unicolor, Unicolored Jay [English]

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	Middle America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Mexico, Native

Comments


	Comment:

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