Cyanocorax jays

[Richard Klim]

Bonaccorso, Peterson, Navarro-Sigüenza & Fleischer 2009. Molecular Systematics and Evolution of the Cyanocorax Jays. Mol Phyl Evol: in press:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4XRCRRW-3&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F19%2F2009&_rdoc=3&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236963%239999%23999999999%2399999%23FL A%23display%23Articles)&_cdi=6963&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=152&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=18ca208c37e7e07ddf5ee9868c1d2773

Richard

[blackburnian2000]

Well, then it looks like AOU won't pass the proposal to change Brown Jay to Cyanocorax morio (http://www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/2009-A.pdf), because I don't see them merging Calocitta into a broad Cyanocorax either, it's just too distinctive. We'll have to wait and see what they do with this.

[Richard Klim]

I haven't read this paper yet, but I note that John Boyd (TiF) comments that it provides support for the split of C luxuosus from C yncas (as already recognised by IOC, following Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003).
http://jboyd.net/Taxo/List19.html#corvidae

Richard