Xinjiang ground jay
Xinjiang ground jay (Podoces biddulphi) or Biddulph's ground jay, is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to China. It is not larger than an adult human's hand and has a brownish white coat of feathers.
| Xinjiang ground jay | |
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| Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans in 1891 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Podoces |
| Species: | P. biddulphi |
| Binomial name | |
| Podoces biddulphi Hume, 1874 | |
Since 2004, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the jay's conservation status as "Near Threatened" due to habitat fragmentation and degradation.[1]
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Podoces biddulphi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705888A111661838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22705888A111661838.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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