Cyanolyca

Cyanolyca
Cyanolyca turcosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Subfamily: Cyanocoracinae
Genus:
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Cyanocorax armillatus[1]
Gray, 1845
Species

9, see text

Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds.[2]

Species

Genus Cyanolyca – Cabanis, 1851 – nine species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black-collared jay

Cyanolyca armillata
(Gray, 1845) 		Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
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Turquoise jay

Cyanolyca turcosa
(Bonaparte, 1853) 		southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
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White-collared jay

Cyanolyca viridicyanus
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) 		Peru and Bolivia
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Diet: 		 NT 


Azure-hooded jay

Cyanolyca cucullata
(Ridgway, 1885) 		Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama
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Beautiful jay

Cyanolyca pulchra
(Lawrence, 1876) 		Colombia and Ecuador
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Black-throated jay

Cyanolyca pumilo
(Strickland, 1849) 		Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras
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Dwarf jay

Cyanolyca nanus
(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) 		Mexico
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White-throated jay


Cyanolyca mirabilis
Nelson, 1903 		Mexico
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Diet: 		 VU 


Silvery-throated jay

Cyanolyca argentigula
(Lawrence, 1875) 		Costa Rica and Panama
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References

  1. ^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Howell, Steve N.G.; Sophie Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 0-19-854012-4.


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