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Aphelocoma wollweberi  Kaup, 1855
Taxonomic Serial No.: 916833

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Aphelocoma ultramarina wollweberi Kaup, 1855
  
  Common Name(s): Mexican Jay [English]
  
    Geai du Mexique [French]
  
    gaio-mexicano [Portuguese]
  
    Chara mexicana [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyCorvidae Leach, 1820 – crows, jays, magpies, corneilles, geais, pies  
                               GenusAphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 – Scrub Jays  
                                  SpeciesAphelocoma wollweberi Kaup, 1855 – Mexican Jay, Geai du Mexique, gaio-mexicano, Chara mexicana  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma wollweberi arizonae (Ridgway, 1874)  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma wollweberi couchii (S. F. Baird, 1858)  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma wollweberi potosina Nelson, 1899  
                                     SubspeciesAphelocoma wollweberi wollweberi Kaup, 1855  
       

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  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 wollweberi, Mexican Jay [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McCormack, J. E., A. T. Peterson, E. Bonaccorso, and T. B. Smith   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Speciation in the highlands of Mexico: genetic and phenotypic divergence in the Mexican jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, issue 10   
  Page(s): 2505-2521   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0962-1083   
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  Reference for: Aphelocoma wollweberi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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