Perisoreus
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P. infaustus
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The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of Jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Szechuan province of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae.
[edit] Species
- Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
- Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)