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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Corvidae .
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Examples
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The short-crested coquette (Lophornis brachylopha), white-tailed hummingbird (Eupherusa poliocerca), oaxaca hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) and white-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis) are all endangered and endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur ecoregion.
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Stattersfield et al. list the dwarf jay (EN) (Cyanolyca nana), bearded wood-partridge (CR) (Dendrortyx barbatus), Tamaulipas pygmy-owl (Glaucidium sanchezi) and grey-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus) as restricted-range bird species, which includes this ecoregion.
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