Q31079825
Sign in to savePerisoreinae is a subfamily of passerine birds in the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The subfamily comprises five species: the Holarctic jays, including the boreal forest jays of the genus Perisoreus and the magpies of the genus Cyanopica. Members of Perisoreinae are distributed across northern Eurasia and North America, as well as arid regions of Central Asia.
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Perisoreinae is a subfamily of passerine birds in the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The subfamily comprises five species: the Holarctic jays, including the boreal forest jays of the genus Perisoreus and the magpies of the genus Cyanopica. Members of Perisoreinae are distributed across northern Eurasia and North America, as well as arid regions of Central Asia.
==Taxonomy== The subfamily Perisoreinae was established by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1853. Historically, the genera now placed in Perisoreinae were variably classified within the broad assemblage of jays (traditionally Garrulinae). Subsequent multilocus and genomic analyses have consistently supported the monophyly of Perisoreinae and its basal position relative to other corvid lineages.
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