Perisoreus
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Perisoreus | image = Perisoreus infaustus.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = P. infaustus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Corvidae | genus = Perisoreus | genus_authority = Bonaparte, 1831 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
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The genus Perisoreus is a very small genus of Jays from the Boreal regions of North America and Eurasia from Scandinavia to the Asian seaboard. An isolated species also occurs in north-western Szechuan province of China. They belong to the Passerine order of birds in the family Corvidae.
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Species
- Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
- Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)