Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Corvus canadensis

Type locality:
  in Canada [= Quebec, fide Oberholser (1914, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 27, p. 49)].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/162/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2BAD949D29232872

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2BAD949D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2BAD949D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179668

Geographic range:

• Perisoreus canadensis canadensis: northeastern Alaska (USA) and northern Canada (Yukon and Northwest Territories southward to southern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, eastward across Canada to Quebec, and southward into northern portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, northern New York, and northern New England (all USA)
• Perisoreus canadensis [nigricapillus or sanfordi]: eastern Canada (northern Quebec to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia)
• Perisoreus canadensis [pacificus or arcus]: central Alaska through southwestern Alaska (USA) to central coastal British Columbia (Canada)
• Perisoreus canadensis albescens: western Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta southward to north-central USA (Black Hills, western South Dakota)