A jay is a member of a number of species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerinebirds in the crowfamily, Corvidae. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asianblue and green magpies, whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either. The Eurasian jay distributes oak acorns, contributing to the growth of oak woodlands over time.
Jays are not a monophyletic group. Anatomical and molecular evidence indicates they can be divided into a New World and an Old World lineage (the latter including the ground jays and the piapiac), while the grey jays of the genus Perisoreus form a group of their own.[1] The black magpies, formerly believed to be related to jays, are classified as treepies.
The word jay has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently.[2][3]
The term jaywalking was coined in the first decade of the 1900s to label persons crossing a busy street carelessly and becoming a traffic hazard.[4] The term began to imply recklessness or impertinent behavior as the convention became established.[5]
In January 2014, Canadian author Robert Joseph Greene embarked on a lobbying campaign among ornithologists in Europe and North America to get Merriam-Websters Dictionary to have a "Jabber of Jays" as an official term under bird groups.[6][7]
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For other uses see Jay disambiguation Jay bird redirects here For other uses see jay bird disambiguation A jay is a member of a number of species of medium sized usually colorful and noisy passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex For example the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asian blue and green magpies whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either The Eurasian jay distributes oak acorns contributing to the growth of oak woodlands over time JayEurasian jay Garrulus glandarius Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder PasseriformesSuperfamily CorvoideaFamily CorvidaeGeneraGarrulus Podoces Ptilostomus Perisoreus Aphelocoma Gymnorhinus Cyanocitta Calocitta Cyanocorax Cyanolyca Contents 1 Systematics and species 1 1 Old World brown jays 1 2 Grey jays 1 3 New World jays 2 In culture 2 1 Slang 3 References 4 External linksSystematics and species editJays are not a monophyletic group Anatomical and molecular evidence indicates they can be divided into a New World and an Old World lineage the latter including the ground jays and the piapiac while the grey jays of the genus Perisoreus form a group of their own 1 The black magpies formerly believed to be related to jays are classified as treepies Old World brown jays edit Image Genus Living species nbsp Garrulus Brisson 1760 Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius Lanceolated jay Garrulus lanceolatus Lidth s jay Garrulus lidthi nbsp Podoces Fischer von Waldheim 1821 Ground jays Mongolian ground jay Podoces hendersoni Xinjiang ground jay Podoces biddulphi Pleske s ground jay Podoces pleskei Turkestan ground jay Podoces panderi nbsp Ptilostomus Swainson 1837 Piapiac Ptilostomus aferGrey jays edit Image Genus Living species nbsp Perisoreus Bonaparte 1831 Grey jays Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus Sichuan jay Perisoreus internigrans Canada jay gray jay grey jay or whiskeyjack Perisoreus canadensisNew World jays edit Image Genus Living species nbsp Aphelocoma Cabanis 1851 Scrub jays Florida scrub jay Aphelocoma coerulescens Island scrub jay Aphelocoma insularis California scrub jay Aphelocoma californica Woodhouse s scrub jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii Transvolcanic jay Aphelocoma ultramarina Mexican jay Aphelocoma wollweberi Unicolored jay Aphelocoma unicolor nbsp Gymnorhinus Wied Neuwied 1841 Pinyon jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus nbsp Cyanocitta Strickland 1845 Steller s jay Cyanocitta stelleri Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata nbsp Calocitta G R Gray 1841 Magpie jays Black throated magpie jay Calocitta colliei White throated magpie jay Calocitta formosa nbsp Cyanocorax F Boie 1826 Tufted jay Cyanocorax dickeyi Black chested jay Cyanocorax affinis Green jay Cyanocorax ynca Brown jay Cyanocorax morio Bushy crested jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus San Blas jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus Yucatan jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus Purplish backed jay Cyanocorax beecheii Purplish jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Azure jay Cyanocorax caeruleus Violaceous jay Cyanocorax violaceus Curl crested jay Cyanocorax cristatellus Azure naped jay Cyanocorax heilprini Cayenne jay Cyanocorax cayanus Plush crested jay Cyanocorax chrysops White naped jay Cyanocorax cyanopogon White tailed jay Cyanocorax mystacalis nbsp Cyanolyca Cabanis 1851 Black collared jay Cyanolyca armillata Turquoise jay Cyanolyca turcosa White collared jay Cyanolyca viridicyana Azure hooded jay Cyanolyca cucullata Beautiful jay Cyanolyca pulchra Black throated jay Cyanolyca pumilo Dwarf jay Cyanolyca nana Silvery throated jay Cyanolyca argentigula White throated jay Cyanolyca mirabilisIn culture editSlang edit The word jay has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently 2 3 The term jaywalking was coined in the first decade of the 1900s to label persons crossing a busy street carelessly and becoming a traffic hazard 4 The term began to imply recklessness or impertinent behavior as the convention became established 5 In January 2014 Canadian author Robert Joseph Greene embarked on a lobbying campaign among ornithologists in Europe and North America to get Merriam Websters Dictionary to have a Jabber of Jays as an official term under bird groups 6 7 References edit Ericson Per G P Jansen Anna Lee Johansson Ulf S Ekman Jan May 2005 Inter generic relationships of the crows jays magpies and allied groups Aves Corvidae based on nucleotide sequence data Journal of Avian Biology 36 3 222 234 CiteSeerX 10 1 1 493 5531 doi 10 1111 j 0908 8857 2001 03409 x http www nrm se download 18 4e32c81078a8d9249800021299 Corvidae 5B1 5D pdf PDF fulltext Jay freedictionary com An overly talkative person a chatterbox Definition of Jay by Merriam Webster Merriam Webster Inc Definition of Jaywalker by Merriam Webster Merriam Webster Inc jay walker Oxford English Dictionary Online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or participating institution membership required Writer lobbies for new word to describe jays Vancouver Courier January 2 2014 Retrieved January 2 2014 British Ornithologists Union What say ye countrymen to a jabber of jays Community News January 6 2014 Retrieved January 6 2014 External links edit Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata videos The Internet Bird Collection The Macaulay Library nbsp Texts on Wikisource Jay Collier s New Encyclopedia 1921 Jays Encyclopedia Americana 1920 Jay The New Student s Reference Work 1914 Newton Alfred 1911 Jay Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Jay New International Encyclopedia 1905 Newton Alfred 1881 Jay Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 13 9th ed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jay amp oldid 1193597147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
