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White-throated Magpie-Jay

Calocitta formosa (Swainson, WJ 1827)

The white-throated magpie-jay is a large Central American species of magpie-jay. It ranges in Pacific-slope thorn forest from Jalisco, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Magpie-jays are noisy, gregarious birds, often traveling in easy-to-find flocks, mobbing their observers. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
   Calocitta
Scientific:
  Calocitta formosa


Original description

Citation:
  (Swainson, WJ 1827)

Reference:
   Philosophical Mag. n.s., 1 p.437

Protonym:
  Pica formosa

Type locality:
  Temiscaltepec, Mexico.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37054651


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F0B23CDAE4E05CB0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F0B23CDA

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F0B23CDA


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558993

Geographic range:

  • Calocitta formosa: dry forest of lowlands and hills of Pacific slope from Jalisco to northwestern Costa Rica
  • Calocitta formosa formosa: coastal southern Mexico (Colima, Michoacán, and Puebla to Oaxaca)
  • Calocitta formosa azurea: Pacific slope of southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala
  • Calocitta formosa pompata: arid interior of southern Mexico (Oaxaca) to northwestern Costa Rica
English:
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Catalan:
garsa crestada golablanca
Czech:
sojka středoamerická
Danish:
Halsbåndstopskade
German:
Weißkehl-Elsternhäher
Spanish:
Urraca Hermosa Cariblanca
Spanish (Spain):
Urraca Hermosa Cariblanca
Finnish:
pikkutöyhtöharakka
French:
Geai à face blanche
Croatian:
bjelolica šojka
Hungarian:
fehértorkú szarkaszajkó
Italian:
Ghiandaia gazza golabianca
Japanese (romaji):
kanmurisanjaku
Japanese:
カンムリサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Baltagurklis šarkinis kėkštas
Dutch:
Ekstergaai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Småskjorskrikje
Norwegian:
Småskjæreskrike
Polish:
srokal białogardły
Portuguese:
Gaio-rabudo
Portuguese (Portugal):
pega-de-garganta-branca
Russian:
Белогорлая сорочья сойка
Slovak:
kapuciarka čiernopása
Serbian:
Belogrla svrakasta kreja
Swedish:
vitstrupig skatskrika
Ukrainian:
Сойка білогорла
Chinese:
白喉鹊鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
鵲鴉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Geai à face blanche ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Geai à face blanche ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-throated Magpie Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-throated Magpie Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-throated Magpie-jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Cyanocorax formosus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta formosa) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Calocitta formosa [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Calocitta formosa [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Calocitta [formosa or colliei] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Azerbaijani: qaraboğaz sağsağanı zığ-zığ
Catalan: garsa crestada golablanca
Czech: Sojka dlouhoocasá, sojka středoamerická
Danish: Halsbåndstopskade
German: Langschwanzhäher, Langschwanz-Häher, Weißkehl-Elsternhäher
English: Magpie Jay, Magpie-Jay, White throated Magpie Jay, White-throated Magpie Jay, White-throated Magpie-Jay
English, HBW: White-throated Magpie-jay
English (IOC): White-throated Magpie-Jay
English (United States): White-throated Magpie-Jay
Esperanto: Blankagorĝa pigogarolo, Blankogorĝa pigogarolo
Spanish: Urraca, Urraca Cara Blanca, Urraca cariblanca, Urraca Copetona, Urraca de Garganta Blanca, Urraca Hermosa Cariblanca, Urraca-hermosa Cara Blanca, Urraca-hermosa Cariblanca
Spanish (Costa Rica): Urraca copetona
Spanish (Spain): Urraca Hermosa Cariblanca
Spanish (HBW): White-throated Magpie-Jay
Spanish (Honduras): Urraca
Spanish (Mexico): Urraca Cara Blanca, Urraca cariblanca, urraca-hermosa cara blanca, Urraca-hermosa Cariblanca
Spanish (Nicaragua): Urraca Copetona
Estonian: haraknäär, haraknäär (valgekurk-haraknäär), valgekurk-haraknäär
Finnish: Pikkutöyhtöharakka
French: Geai à face blanche, Geai à longue queue, Geai-bleu à face blanche
Croatian: bjelolica šojka
Hungarian: fehértorkú szarkaszajkó
Italian: Gazza dal ciuffo golabianca, Ghiandaia gazza golabianca
Japanese (romaji): kanmurisanjaku
Japanese: カンムリサンジャク
Scientific: Calocitta formosa, Calocitta formosa formosa, Cyanocorax formosa, Cyanocorax formosus, Cyanocorax formosus formosus, Garrula gubernatrix, Pica bullockii, Pica formosa
Lithuanian: Baltagurklis šarkinis kėkštas
Dutch: Ekstergaai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Småskjorskrikje
Norwegian: Småskjæreskrike
Polish: srokal bialogardly, Srokal białogardły
Portuguese: Gaio-rabudo
Portuguese (Portugal): pega-de-garganta-branca
Russian: Белогорлая сорочья сойка, Сорочья сойка
Slovak: kapuciarka čiernopása
Serbian: Belogrla svrakasta kreja
Swedish: Vitstrupig skatskrika
Turkish: Ak yakalı saksağan kargası
Tatar: ак бугазлы саескан күкшәсе
Ukrainian: Сойка білогорла
Chinese: 白喉鹊鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 鵲鴉

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