Cyanolyca
Cyanolyca turcosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanolyca
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

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cyanolyca armillataBlack-collared jayAndean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
Cyanolyca turcosaTurquoise jaysouthern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
Cyanolyca viridicyanusWhite-collared jayPeru and Bolivia
Cyanolyca cucullataAzure-hooded jayCosta Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama
Cyanolyca pulchraBeautiful jayColombia and Ecuador
Cyanolyca pumiloBlack-throated jayChiapas, Guatemala and Honduras
Cyanolyca nanusDwarf jayMexico
Cyanolyca mirabilisWhite-throated jayMexico
Cyanolyca argentigulaSilvery-throated jayCosta Rica and Panama

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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