Cyanolyca
Genus of birds
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Taxonomy
The genus Cyanolyca was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek κυανος/ kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with λυκος/lukos, a type of crow, perhaps the jackdaw, that was mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius of Alexandria. Cabanis did not specify a type species but in 1855 George Gray designated the type as Cyanocorax armillatus Gray, 1845, the black-collared jay.
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Species
The genus contains nine species.
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