The white-throated magpie-jay is one of two magpie-jays now placed in the genus Calocitta that was introduced in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the white-throated magpie-jay as the type species.
The white-throated magpie-jay is one of two magpie-jays now classified in the genus *Calocitta* that was established in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the white-throated magpie-jay as the type species.