Crested jayshrike
A songbird of Southeast Asian forests, sole member of its family.
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The crested jayshrike (Platylophus galericulatus), also called the crested shrikejay, is a bird of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Formerly placed in Corvidae, phylogenetic analyses show it is a basal member of the Corvoidea radiation, and it is now the sole member of the family Platylophidae. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPlatylophidae
- GenusPlatylophus
- SpeciesPlatylophus galericulatus
Named by (Cuvier, 1816)
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Crested jayshrike (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Conservation status
Near Threatened (NT)
- LC
- NT▲ this species
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category
Quick Facts
- Genus
- Platylophus
- Species
- galericulatus
Facts from the source article.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Crested jayshrike (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List assessment.
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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