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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests 2007

  • 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.

    Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests 2007

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