Perisoreus

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Perisoreus
P. infaustus
P. infaustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Perisoreus
Bonaparte, 1831
Species

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)
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