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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav. 2009 Feb 1;77(2):503. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.030

Table 3.

Described variation in social and genetic mating systems among cooperative corvids

Species Social mating system % Polyandrous broods Mixed maternity Source
Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens Monogamous 0% Rare Quinn et al. 1999
carrion crow Corvus corone corone Monogamous or polyandrous 26% Rare Baglione et al. 2002; pers. comm. V. Baglione1
American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Monogamous 28.8% No This study
brown jay Cyanocorax morio Plural breeding; joint nesting; polygynandrous 31-43% Yes1; but see Williams 2004 Lawton & Lawton 19851; Williams 2004; Williams & Rabenold 20052
white-throated magpie-jay Calocitta formosa Monogamous1 33.3%-61.5% Yes Langen 1996; Berg 2005; pers. comm. J. Ellis1
Mexican Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina Plural breeding; monogamous 63.0% No Li & Brown 2000