Perisoreus
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The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Sichuan of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae. Species of Perisoreus jays are most closely related to the genus Cyanopica.[1]
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Canada jay.[3] The name of the genus may come from the Ancient Greek perisōreuō "to heap up" or "bury beneath". Alternatively it may be from the Latin peri- "very" or "exceedingly" and sorix, a bird of augury dedicated to Saturn.[4]
Species
The genus contains three species.[5] Template:Species table
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References
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