Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Psilorhinus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio

Matthew F. Jones
Version: 1.0 — Published November 9, 2012

References

Introduction

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American Ornithologists' Union. 1998. Check-list of North American Birds, 7th ed. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D. C.

dos Anjos, L. 2009. Family Corvidae (Crows). Pages 494-640 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. A. Christie (editors). Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 14. Bush-shrikes to Old World sparrows. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Birdlife International. 2012. Species factsheet: Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio. Downloaded from BirdLife International.

Bonaccorso, E., A.T. Peterson, A.G. Novarro-Siguenza, and R.C. Fleischer. 2012. Molecular systematics and the evolution of Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 897-909.

Chesser, R.T., R.C. Banks, K. Barker, C. Cicero, J.I. Dunn, A.W. Kratter, I.J. Lovette, P.C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen Jr., J.D. Rising, D.F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2010. Fifty-first supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. Auk 127: 726-744.

Haemig, P.D. 1989. Brown Jays as army ant followers. Condor 91:1008-1009.

Hale, A.M., D.A. Williams, and K.N. Rabenold. 2003. Territoriality and neighbor assessment in Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio) in Costa Rica. Auk 120: 446-456.

Hardy, J.W. 1969. A taxonomic revision of the New World jays. Condor 71: 360-375.

Holman, J. A. 1959. Birds and mammals from the Pleistocene of Williston, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 5: 1-24.

Hope, S. 1989. Phylogeny of the Avian Family Corvidae. Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, New York.

Hubbard, J.P., and D.M. Niles. 1975. Two specimen records of the Brown Jay in southern Texas. Auk 92: 797-798.

Kantak, G.E. 1979. Observations on some fruit-eating birds in Mexico. Auk 96: 183-186.

Komar, O. 1998. Avian diversity in El Salvador. Wilson Bulletin 110: 511-533.

Lawton, M.F., and C.F. Guindon. 1981. Flock composition, breeding success, and learning in the Brown Jay. Condor 83: 27-33.

Lawton, M. F., and R. O. Lawton. 1980. Nest-site selection in the Brown Jay. Auk 97: 631-633.

Lawton, M.F., and R.O. Lawton. 1985. The breeding biology of the Brown Jay in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Condor 87: 192-204.

Morrison, M.L. and R.D. Slack. 1977. Flocking and foraging behavior of Brown Jays in northeastern Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 89:171-173.

Paynter, R.A., Jr. 1955. The ornithogeography of the Yucatán Peninsula. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin number 9.

Phillips, A. R. 1986. The known birds of North and Middle America. Part I. Hirundinidae to Mimidae; Certhiidae. Privately published, Denver, Colorado.

Pitelka, F.A., R.K. Selander, and M. Alvarez del Toro. 1956. A hybrid jay from Chiapas, Mexico. Condor 51: 98-106.

Ridgway, R. 1904. The birds of North and Middle America. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 50, part 3.

Saunders, M.A., and S.V. Edwards. 2000. Dynamics and phylogenetic implications of mtDNA control region sequences in New World Jays (Aves: Corvidae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 51:97-109.

Selander, R. K. 1959. Polymorphism in Mexican Brown Jays. Auk 76:385-417.

Shifflett, W. A. 1975. First photographic record of the Brown Jay in the Unites States. Auk 92: 797.

Skutch, A. F. 1960. Life histories of Central American birds. II. Families Vireonidae, Sylviidae, Turdidae, Troglodytidae, Paridae, Corvidae, Hirundindiae and Tyrannidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna number 34. Cooper Ornithological Society, Berkeley, California.

Stiles, F. G., and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Sutton, G.M., and P.W. Gilbert. 1942. The Brown Jay's furcular pouch. Condor 44: 160-165.

Williams, D.A. 2004. Female control of reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 370-380.

Williams, D.A., and A.M. Hale. 2006. Helper effects on offspring production in cooperatively breeding Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio). Auk 123: 847-857.

Williams, D.A., E.C. Berg, A.M. Hale, and C.R. Hughest. 2004. Characterization of microsatellites for parentage studies of White-throated Magpie-Jays (Colocitta formosa) and Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio). Molecular Ecology Resources 4: 509-511.

Williams, D.A., M.F. Lawton, and R.O. Lawton. 1994. Population growth, range expansion, and competition in the cooperatively breeding Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio. Animal Behavior 48: 309-322.

Recommended Citation

Jones, M. F. (2012). Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.brnjay.01
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