Cyanolyca
Appearance
Cyanolyca | |
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Cyanolyca turcosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cyanolyca Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Cyanocorax armillatus[1] Gray, 1845
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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
[edit]Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Black-collared jay | Cyanolyca armillata (Gray, 1845) |
Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Turquoise jay | Cyanolyca turcosa (Bonaparte, 1853) |
southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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White-collared jay | Cyanolyca viridicyanus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) |
Peru and Bolivia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Azure-hooded jay | Cyanolyca cucullata (Ridgway, 1885) |
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Beautiful jay | Cyanolyca pulchra (Lawrence, 1876) |
Colombia and Ecuador |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Black-throated jay | Cyanolyca pumilo (Strickland, 1849) |
Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Dwarf jay | Cyanolyca nanus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) |
Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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White-throated jay
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Cyanolyca mirabilis Nelson, 1903 |
Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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Silvery-throated jay | Cyanolyca argentigula (Lawrence, 1875) |
Costa Rica and Panama |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ 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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