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The black-headed jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) belongs to the family Corvidae under the order Passeriformes.
Black-headed jay taxonomy
The Corvidae is the family of crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers.The family Corvidae was introduced by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.
The family Corvidae comprises 23 genera, including Garrulus. The genus Garrulus was first described by Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806), a French zoologist and natural philosopher, in the year 1760.
The genus Garrulus comprises three species, viz., Garrulus glandarius, Garrulus lidthi and Garrulus lanceolatus.
The species Garrulus lanceolatus was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1821. The species Garrulus lanceolatus is monotypic.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Garrulus lanceolatus |
| Species: | G. lanceolatus |
| Genus: | Garrulus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Dibyendu Ash |
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| 2.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Rakeshkdogra |
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| 3.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Sumita Roy Dutta |
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| 4.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Koshy Koshy |
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| 5.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 6.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Himanshu Gupta |
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| 7.Black-headed jay - Garrulus lanceolatus Image by ChanduBandi |
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| 8.Garrulus lanceolatus Image by Srikaanth Sekar |
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| 9.Garrulus lanceolatus Image by anuradhac |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black-headed_Jay_Pangot_Uttarakhand_India_04.10.2014.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dibyendu Ash | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/23/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/(cropped)
Author: Rakeshkdogra | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/23/18
3.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black-headed_jay_DSCN0166_1.jpg (cropped)
Author: Sumita Roy Dutta | License: CC BY-SA 1.0 as on 6/23/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/31793584681/ (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/23/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/23/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Himanshu Gupta | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/23/18
7.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: ChanduBandi | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/23/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/srikaanth-sekar/29228911560/ (cropped)
Author: Srikaanth Sekar | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 6/23/18
9.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anuradhac/25117780848/ (cropped)
Author: anuradhac | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/23/18
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